Apheresis plasma at Sterling Regional Medical Center
615 Fairhurst Street, Sterling, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1942238555
$1,988.16
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$4,560.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$1,272.24 with Aetna vs $4,423.20 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $1,272.24 | ↓ -36% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $1,413.60 | ↓ -29% |
| Medicare | Traditional Medicare | $1,413.60 | ↓ -29% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Medicare | $1,413.60 | ↓ -29% |
| Medica | Medicare Advantage | $1,413.60 | ↓ -29% |
| HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $1,413.60 | ↓ -29% |
| Clear Spring Health | Medicare Advantage | $1,647.44 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $1,647.44 | ↓ -17% |
| Assist Health Group | AHG Specialty Network | $1,696.32 | ↓ -15% |
| Longevity | Medicare Advantage | $1,696.86 | ↓ -15% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $1,746.29 | ↓ -12% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $1,812.18 | ↓ -9% |
| Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp | Pinnacol Assurance WC | $2,216.62 | ↑ +11% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway Standard | $2,415.43 | ↑ +21% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option | $2,644.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Denver Health Medical Plan | Commercial | $2,761.08 | ↑ +39% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway | $3,364.37 | ↑ +69% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity | $3,465.14 | ↑ +74% |
| Medica | Commercial | $3,798.48 | ↑ +91% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Doctor's Plan | $3,889.68 | ↑ +96% |
| Apostrophe, Inc. | Commercial | $4,104.00 | ↑ +106% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $4,104.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial/Medical Rental | $4,240.80 | ↑ +113% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $4,322.88 | ↑ +117% |
| First Choice of the Midwest | Commercial | $4,332.00 | ↑ +118% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plans | Private Plan/Self Insured Plan | $4,332.00 | ↑ +118% |
| Hue Health, Inc | Medicare Advantage | $4,332.00 | ↑ +118% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $4,423.20 | ↑ +122% |
| Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Apheresis plasma at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $2,170.56 | $1,598.02 – $13,923.00 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $1,650.72 | $1,171.92 – $13,923.00 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $13,420.55 | $163.52 – $3,039.37 |
| HCA HealthONE AURORA | Aurora | $5,893.56 | $2,360.95 – $2,460.36 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $6,902.15 | $2,360.95 – $2,460.36 |
| HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE | Lone Tree | $8,191.50 | $2,360.95 – $2,460.36 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $8,191.50 | $2,360.95 – $2,695.76 |
| HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH | LAKEWOOD | $12,805.70 | $2,360.95 – $2,460.36 |