Blood draw capillary 36416 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

$17.95

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.

$34.00

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.

$9.49 with Aetna vs $32.98 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 $9.49 ↓ -47%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $10.54 ↓ -41%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $10.54 ↓ -41%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $10.54 ↓ -41%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $10.54 ↓ -41%
Medica Medicare Advantage $10.54 ↓ -41%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $12.65 ↓ -30%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $16.53 ↓ -8%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $18.01 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $19.72 ↑ +10%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $20.59 ↑ +15%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $25.09 ↑ +40%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $25.84 ↑ +44%
Medica Commercial $28.32 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $29.00 ↑ +62%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $30.60 ↑ +70%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $30.60 ↑ +70%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $31.62 ↑ +76%
United Healthcare Commercial $32.23 ↑ +80%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $32.30 ↑ +80%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $32.30 ↑ +80%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $32.30 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $32.98 ↑ +84%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Blood draw capillary 36416 at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $13.12 $13.94 – $32.30
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $14.38 $8.74 – $32.30
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $29.95 $14.33 – $32.98
AdventHealth Porter Denver $28.84 $4.71 – $6.26
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora $120.37 $3.14 – $7.63
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $109.50 $3.14 – $7.63
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $106.41 $3.14 – $7.63
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $173.83 $3.14 – $7.63

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