Bacterial vaginosis pcr 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

$589.96

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.

$1,372.00

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.

$58.87 with Aetna vs $204.67 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $58.87 ↓ -90%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $65.41 ↓ -89%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $65.41 ↓ -89%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $65.41 ↓ -89%
Medica Medicare Advantage $65.41 ↓ -89%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $65.41 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $70.20 ↓ -88%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $70.20 ↓ -88%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $72.31 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $74.41 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $77.22 ↓ -87%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $78.49 ↓ -87%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $102.57 ↓ -83%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $111.77 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $122.38 ↓ -79%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $127.76 ↓ -78%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $155.68 ↓ -74%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $160.34 ↓ -73%
Medica Commercial $175.76 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $179.98 ↓ -69%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $189.90 ↓ -68%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $189.90 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $196.23 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Commercial $200.03 ↓ -66%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $200.45 ↓ -66%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $200.45 ↓ -66%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $200.45 ↓ -66%
Multiplan Commercial $204.67 ↓ -65%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Bacterial vaginosis pcr at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $198.94 $68.09 – $200.45
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $382.79 $54.23 – $200.45
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $916.50 $88.92 – $204.67
AdventHealth Porter Denver $192.20 $68.80 – $129.87
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $192.20 $68.80 – $129.87
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $192.20 $68.80 – $129.87
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $192.20 $68.80 – $129.87
AdventHealth Parker Parker $192.20 $68.80 – $129.87

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