Factor ix complex 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

$1.42

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.

$4.10

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.

$1.14 with Aetna vs $3.98 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 $1.14 ↓ -20%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $1.27 ↓ -11%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $1.27 ↓ -11%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1.27 ↓ -11%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $1.27 ↓ -11%
Medica Medicare Advantage $1.27 ↓ -11%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $1.53 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1.70 ↑ +20%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $1.70 ↑ +20%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $1.75 ↑ +23%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1.80 ↑ +27%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1.87 ↑ +32%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $1.99 ↑ +40%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $2.17 ↑ +53%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $2.48 ↑ +75%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $3.02 ↑ +113%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $3.12 ↑ +120%
Medica Commercial $3.42 ↑ +141%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $3.42 ↑ +141%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $3.50 ↑ +146%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $3.69 ↑ +160%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $3.69 ↑ +160%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $3.81 ↑ +168%
United Healthcare Commercial $3.89 ↑ +174%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $3.90 ↑ +175%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $3.90 ↑ +175%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $3.90 ↑ +175%
Multiplan Commercial $3.98 ↑ +180%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Factor ix complex at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora $8.83 $1.87 – $5.10
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $6.72 $1.87 – $5.10
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $6.72 $1.61 – $5.10
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $9.44 $1.87 – $5.10
AdventHealth Porter Denver not published $1.66 – $3.14
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $1.87 – $5.10
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD not published $1.87 – $5.10
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton not published $1.66 – $3.14

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