Fibrinolytic plasminogen 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

$28.14

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.

$84.00

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.

$17.19 with Clear Spring Health vs $81.48 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 $17.19 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $17.19 ↓ -39%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $17.71 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicare Advantage $18.22 ↓ -35%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $18.91 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $23.44 ↓ -17%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $26.04 ↓ -7%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $26.04 ↓ -7%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $26.04 ↓ -7%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $26.04 ↓ -7%
Medica Medicare Advantage $26.04 ↓ -7%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $26.95 ↓ -4%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $31.25 ↑ +11%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $44.49 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $48.72 ↑ +73%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $50.86 ↑ +81%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $61.98 ↑ +120%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $63.83 ↑ +127%
Medica Commercial $69.97 ↑ +149%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $71.65 ↑ +155%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $75.60 ↑ +169%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $75.60 ↑ +169%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $78.12 ↑ +178%
United Healthcare Commercial $79.63 ↑ +183%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $79.80 ↑ +184%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $79.80 ↑ +184%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $79.80 ↑ +184%
Multiplan Commercial $81.48 ↑ +190%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Fibrinolytic plasminogen at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $8.57 $16.67 – $79.80
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $23.69 $16.67 – $79.80
AdventHealth Porter Denver $273.55 $16.85 – $31.80
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $716.45 $8.15 – $41.77
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $623.41 $17.02 – $18.05
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $273.55 $16.85 – $31.80
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $273.55 $16.85 – $31.80
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $273.55 $16.85 – $31.80

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