Drug assay caffeine 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

$38.28

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.

$116.00

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.

$32.36 with Aetna vs $112.52 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 $32.36 ↓ -15%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $35.96 ↓ -6%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $35.96 ↓ -6%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $35.96 ↓ -6%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $35.96 ↓ -6%
Medica Medicare Advantage $35.96 ↓ -6%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $38.57 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $38.57 ↑ +1%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $39.73 ↑ +4%
Humana Medicare Advantage $40.88 ↑ +7%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $42.43 ↑ +11%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $43.15 ↑ +13%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $56.39 ↑ +47%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $61.45 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $67.28 ↑ +76%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $70.24 ↑ +83%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $85.58 ↑ +124%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $88.15 ↑ +130%
Medica Commercial $96.63 ↑ +152%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $98.95 ↑ +158%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $104.40 ↑ +173%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $104.40 ↑ +173%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $107.88 ↑ +182%
United Healthcare Commercial $109.97 ↑ +187%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $110.20 ↑ +188%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $110.20 ↑ +188%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $110.20 ↑ +188%
Multiplan Commercial $112.52 ↑ +194%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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