Chromosome analysis 15-20 cell count 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

$238.34

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.

$532.00

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.

$105.18 with Aetna vs $365.69 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 $105.18 ↓ -56%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $116.87 ↓ -51%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $116.87 ↓ -51%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $116.87 ↓ -51%
Medica Medicare Advantage $116.87 ↓ -51%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $116.87 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $125.49 ↓ -47%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $125.49 ↓ -47%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $129.25 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare Advantage $133.02 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $138.04 ↓ -42%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $140.24 ↓ -41%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $183.26 ↓ -23%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $199.70 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $218.66 ↓ -8%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $228.27 ↓ -4%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $278.15 ↑ +17%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $286.48 ↑ +20%
Medica Commercial $314.04 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $321.58 ↑ +35%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $339.30 ↑ +42%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $339.30 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $350.61 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Commercial $357.40 ↑ +50%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $358.15 ↑ +50%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $358.15 ↑ +50%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $358.15 ↑ +50%
Multiplan Commercial $365.69 ↑ +53%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Chromosome analysis 15-20 cell count at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $260.15 $121.73 – $358.15
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $244.19 $96.89 – $358.15
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $346.86 $158.87 – $365.69
AdventHealth Porter Denver $4,119.34 $122.98 – $232.16
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $90.00 $71.78 – $304.94
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $4,119.34 $122.98 – $232.16
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $4,119.34 $122.98 – $232.16
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $4,119.34 $122.98 – $232.16

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