Cryptosporidium antigen 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

$47.73

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.

$111.00

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.

$11.98 with United Healthcare vs $107.67 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 $11.98 ↓ -75%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -75%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $12.34 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage $12.70 ↓ -73%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $13.18 ↓ -72%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $18.78 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $30.97 ↓ -35%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $34.41 ↓ -28%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $34.41 ↓ -28%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $34.41 ↓ -28%
Medica Medicare Advantage $34.41 ↓ -28%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $34.41 ↓ -28%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $41.29 ↓ -13%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $58.80 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $64.38 ↑ +35%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $67.21 ↑ +41%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $81.90 ↑ +72%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $84.35 ↑ +77%
Medica Commercial $92.46 ↑ +94%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $94.68 ↑ +98%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $99.90 ↑ +109%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $99.90 ↑ +109%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $103.23 ↑ +116%
United Healthcare Commercial $105.23 ↑ +120%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $105.45 ↑ +121%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $105.45 ↑ +121%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $105.45 ↑ +121%
Multiplan Commercial $107.67 ↑ +126%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Cryptosporidium antigen at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $16.09 $11.62 – $105.45
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $30.97 $11.62 – $105.45
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $74.15 $46.78 – $107.67
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $579.61 $7.01 – $29.11
AdventHealth Porter Denver not published $11.74 – $22.16
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton not published $5.69 – $29.11
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver not published $11.86 – $12.58
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton not published $11.74 – $22.16

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