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Blood Clotting (PT/INR) Test 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

$17.09

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.

$51.00

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.

$3.63 with Aetna vs $12.61 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 $3.63 ↓ -79%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $4.03 ↓ -76%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $4.03 ↓ -76%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $4.03 ↓ -76%
Medica Medicare Advantage $4.03 ↓ -76%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $4.03 ↓ -76%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $4.29 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $4.29 ↓ -75%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $4.42 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage $4.55 ↓ -73%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $4.72 ↓ -72%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $4.84 ↓ -72%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $6.32 ↓ -63%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $6.89 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $7.54 ↓ -56%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $7.87 ↓ -54%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $9.59 ↓ -44%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $9.88 ↓ -42%
Medica Commercial $10.83 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $11.09 ↓ -35%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $11.70 ↓ -32%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $11.70 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $12.09 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.32 ↓ -28%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $12.35 ↓ -28%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $12.35 ↓ -28%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $12.35 ↓ -28%
Multiplan Commercial $12.61 ↓ -26%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Blood Clotting (PT/INR) Test at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $5.20 $4.16 – $12.35
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $17.77 $3.34 – $12.35
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $31.77 $5.48 – $12.61

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