Bacterial meningitis antigen 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

$30.12

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.

$74.00

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.

$11.54 with Clear Spring Health vs $51.41 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
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -62%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $11.89 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare Advantage $12.23 ↓ -59%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $12.69 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $14.79 ↓ -51%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $16.43 ↓ -45%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $16.43 ↓ -45%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $16.43 ↓ -45%
Medica Medicare Advantage $16.43 ↓ -45%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $16.43 ↓ -45%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $18.09 ↓ -40%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $19.72 ↓ -35%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $28.07 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $30.74 ↑ +2%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $32.09 ↑ +7%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $39.10 ↑ +30%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $40.27 ↑ +34%
Medica Commercial $44.15 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $45.21 ↑ +50%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $47.70 ↑ +58%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $47.70 ↑ +58%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $49.29 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Commercial $50.24 ↑ +67%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $50.35 ↑ +67%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $50.35 ↑ +67%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $50.35 ↑ +67%
Multiplan Commercial $51.41 ↑ +71%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $13.69 $11.19 – $50.35
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $19.76 $11.19 – $50.35
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $54.69 $22.33 – $51.41
AdventHealth Porter Denver $275.92 $11.31 – $21.35
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $275.92 $11.31 – $21.35
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $275.92 $11.31 – $21.35
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $275.92 $11.31 – $21.35
AdventHealth Parker Parker $275.92 $11.31 – $21.35

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