Ast/sgot at Sterling Regional Medical Center

615 Fairhurst Street, Sterling, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1942238555

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$25.08

Cash price

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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.

$76.00

Gross charge

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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.

$5.18 with United Healthcare vs $48.50 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -79%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -79%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $5.34 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.49 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $5.70 ↓ -77%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $8.12 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.95 ↓ -44%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $15.50 ↓ -38%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $15.50 ↓ -38%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $15.50 ↓ -38%
Medica Medicare Advantage $15.50 ↓ -38%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $15.50 ↓ -38%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $18.60 ↓ -26%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $26.48 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $29.00 ↑ +16%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $30.27 ↑ +21%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $36.89 ↑ +47%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $37.99 ↑ +51%
Medica Commercial $41.65 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $42.65 ↑ +70%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $45.00 ↑ +79%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $45.00 ↑ +79%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $46.50 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Commercial $47.40 ↑ +89%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $47.50 ↑ +89%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $47.50 ↑ +89%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $47.50 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial $48.50 ↑ +93%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Ast/sgot at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $17.25 $5.02 – $15.20
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $17.48 $4.11 – $15.20
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $46.82 $21.07 – $48.50
AdventHealth Porter Denver $209.71 $5.08 – $9.58
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $277.00 $3.30 – $14.82
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $238.61 $5.13 – $14.82
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $209.71 $5.08 – $9.58
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $209.71 $5.08 – $9.58

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