C-kit mutation liquid tumor - sendout 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

$304.61

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.

$989.00

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.

$275.93 with Aetna vs $959.33 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 $275.93 ↓ -9%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $306.59 ↑ +1%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $306.59 ↑ +1%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $306.59 ↑ +1%
Medica Medicare Advantage $306.59 ↑ +1%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $306.59 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $329.51 ↑ +8%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $329.51 ↑ +8%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $339.40 ↑ +11%
Humana Medicare Advantage $349.28 ↑ +15%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $362.46 ↑ +19%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $367.91 ↑ +21%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $480.75 ↑ +58%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $523.87 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $573.62 ↑ +88%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $598.84 ↑ +97%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $729.68 ↑ +140%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $751.54 ↑ +147%
Medica Commercial $823.84 ↑ +170%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $843.62 ↑ +177%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $890.10 ↑ +192%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $890.10 ↑ +192%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $919.77 ↑ +202%
United Healthcare Commercial $937.57 ↑ +208%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $939.55 ↑ +208%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $939.55 ↑ +208%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $939.55 ↑ +208%
Multiplan Commercial $959.33 ↑ +215%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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C-kit mutation liquid tumor - sendout at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $137.47 $319.62 – $939.55
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $427.25 $254.17 – $939.55
AdventHealth Porter Denver $640.41 $322.92 – $609.59
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $2,239.25 $209.90 – $800.71
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $1,256.40 $192.76 – $800.71
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $640.41 $322.92 – $609.59
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $640.41 $322.92 – $609.59
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $640.41 $322.92 – $609.59

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