Fibrin degradation products 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

$26.80

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.

$80.00

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.

$5.86 with Aetna vs $20.37 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 $5.86 ↓ -78%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $6.51 ↓ -76%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $6.51 ↓ -76%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $6.51 ↓ -76%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $6.51 ↓ -76%
Medica Medicare Advantage $6.51 ↓ -76%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $6.89 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $6.89 ↓ -74%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $7.10 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7.30 ↓ -73%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $7.58 ↓ -72%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $7.81 ↓ -71%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $10.21 ↓ -62%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $11.12 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $12.18 ↓ -55%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $12.72 ↓ -53%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $15.49 ↓ -42%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $15.96 ↓ -40%
Medica Commercial $17.49 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $17.91 ↓ -33%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $18.90 ↓ -29%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $18.90 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $19.53 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Commercial $19.91 ↓ -26%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $19.95 ↓ -26%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $19.95 ↓ -26%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $19.95 ↓ -26%
Multiplan Commercial $20.37 ↓ -24%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Fibrin degradation products at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $8.16 $6.68 – $19.95
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $22.56 $5.40 – $19.95
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $49.84 $8.85 – $20.37
AdventHealth Porter Denver $488.52 $6.75 – $12.75
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $573.39 $4.03 – $16.74
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $325.14 $6.82 – $7.23
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $488.52 $6.75 – $12.75
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $488.52 $6.75 – $12.75

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