Calprotectin fecal 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

$82.50

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.

$250.00

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.

$19.63 with United Healthcare vs $242.50 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
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $19.63 ↓ -76%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $19.63 ↓ -76%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $20.22 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage $20.81 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $21.59 ↓ -74%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $30.78 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $69.75 ↓ -15%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $77.50 ↓ -6%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $77.50 ↓ -6%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $77.50 ↓ -6%
Medica Medicare Advantage $77.50 ↓ -6%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $77.50 ↓ -6%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $93.00 ↑ +13%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $132.43 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $145.00 ↑ +76%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $151.38 ↑ +83%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $181.58 ↑ +120%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $186.49 ↑ +126%
Medica Commercial $208.25 ↑ +152%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $213.25 ↑ +158%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $225.00 ↑ +173%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $225.00 ↑ +173%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $232.50 ↑ +182%
United Healthcare Commercial $237.00 ↑ +187%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $237.50 ↑ +188%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $237.50 ↑ +188%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $237.50 ↑ +188%
Multiplan Commercial $242.50 ↑ +194%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Calprotectin fecal at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $56.75 $19.04 – $237.50
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $57.50 $19.04 – $237.50
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $154.00 $105.35 – $242.50
AdventHealth Porter Denver $253.52 $19.24 – $36.32
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $1,684.00 $8.93 – $47.70
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $1,491.50 $12.50 – $47.70
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $253.52 $19.24 – $36.32
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $253.52 $19.24 – $36.32

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