Creatinine clearance urine 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

$9.57

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.

$29.00

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.

$8.09 with Aetna vs $28.13 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 $8.09 ↓ -15%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $8.99 ↓ -6%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $8.99 ↓ -6%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $8.99 ↓ -6%
Medica Medicare Advantage $8.99 ↓ -6%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $8.99 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $9.46 ↓ -1%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $9.46 ↓ -1%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $9.74 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare Advantage $10.03 ↑ +5%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $10.41 ↑ +9%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $10.79 ↑ +13%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $14.10 ↑ +47%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $15.36 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $16.82 ↑ +76%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $17.56 ↑ +83%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $21.40 ↑ +124%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $22.04 ↑ +130%
Medica Commercial $24.16 ↑ +152%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $24.74 ↑ +159%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $26.10 ↑ +173%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $26.10 ↑ +173%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $26.97 ↑ +182%
United Healthcare Commercial $27.49 ↑ +187%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $27.55 ↑ +188%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $27.55 ↑ +188%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $27.55 ↑ +188%
Multiplan Commercial $28.13 ↑ +194%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Creatinine clearance urine at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $6.58 $9.18 – $27.55
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $6.67 $7.45 – $27.55
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $17.86 $12.22 – $28.13
AdventHealth Porter Denver $364.24 $9.27 – $17.50
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $725.25 $6.03 – $22.99
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $432.52 $9.37 – $9.93
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $364.24 $9.27 – $17.50
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $364.24 $9.27 – $17.50

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