Factor ix 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

$26.46

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.

$79.00

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.

$19.04 with Clear Spring Health vs $72.75 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
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $19.04 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $19.04 ↓ -28%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $19.61 ↓ -26%
Humana Medicare Advantage $20.18 ↓ -24%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $20.93 ↓ -21%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $20.94 ↓ -21%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $23.25 ↓ -12%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $23.25 ↓ -12%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $23.25 ↓ -12%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $23.25 ↓ -12%
Medica Medicare Advantage $23.25 ↓ -12%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $27.90 ↑ +5%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $29.85 ↑ +13%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $39.73 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $43.50 ↑ +64%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $45.41 ↑ +72%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $55.34 ↑ +109%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $56.99 ↑ +115%
Medica Commercial $62.48 ↑ +136%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $63.98 ↑ +142%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $67.50 ↑ +155%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $67.50 ↑ +155%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $69.75 ↑ +164%
United Healthcare Commercial $71.10 ↑ +169%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $71.25 ↑ +169%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $71.25 ↑ +169%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $71.25 ↑ +169%
Multiplan Commercial $72.75 ↑ +175%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Factor ix at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $8.06 $18.47 – $71.25
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $22.28 $18.47 – $71.25
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $49.22 $31.61 – $72.75
AdventHealth Porter Denver $455.07 $18.66 – $35.22
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $931.88 $11.14 – $46.27
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $623.41 $18.85 – $19.99
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $455.07 $18.66 – $35.22
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $455.07 $18.66 – $35.22

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