Blood occult peroxidase activity qualitative gastric 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

$5.28

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.

$16.00

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.

$4.46 with Aetna vs $15.52 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 $4.46 ↓ -16%
Medica Medicare Advantage $4.96 ↓ -6%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $4.96 ↓ -6%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $4.96 ↓ -6%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $4.96 ↓ -6%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $4.96 ↓ -6%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $5.32 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $5.32 ↑ +1%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $5.48 ↑ +4%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.64 ↑ +7%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $5.85 ↑ +11%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $5.95 ↑ +13%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $7.78 ↑ +47%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $8.48 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $9.28 ↑ +76%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $9.69 ↑ +84%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $11.80 ↑ +123%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $12.16 ↑ +130%
Medica Commercial $13.33 ↑ +152%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $13.65 ↑ +159%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $14.40 ↑ +173%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $14.40 ↑ +173%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $14.88 ↑ +182%
United Healthcare Commercial $15.17 ↑ +187%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $15.20 ↑ +188%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $15.20 ↑ +188%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $15.20 ↑ +188%
Multiplan Commercial $15.52 ↑ +194%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Blood occult peroxidase activity qualitative gastric at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $3.63 $5.16 – $15.20
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $3.68 $4.11 – $15.20
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $9.86 $6.74 – $15.52
AdventHealth Porter Denver $57.60 $5.21 – $9.84
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora $233.42 $2.84 – $15.22
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $202.90 $3.04 – $15.22
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $202.90 $3.04 – $78.66
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $34.67 $3.11 – $15.22

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