Flow cytometry one marker technical component 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

$321.66

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.

$718.00

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.

$200.32 with Aetna vs $696.46 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 $200.32 ↓ -38%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $222.58 ↓ -31%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $222.58 ↓ -31%
Medica Medicare Advantage $222.58 ↓ -31%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $222.58 ↓ -31%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $222.58 ↓ -31%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $267.10 ↓ -17%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $349.02 ↑ +9%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $361.51 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $361.51 ↑ +12%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $372.36 ↑ +16%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $380.32 ↑ +18%
Humana Medicare Advantage $383.20 ↑ +19%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $397.66 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $416.44 ↑ +29%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $434.75 ↑ +35%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $529.74 ↑ +65%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $545.61 ↑ +70%
Medica Commercial $598.09 ↑ +86%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $612.45 ↑ +90%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $646.20 ↑ +101%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $646.20 ↑ +101%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $667.74 ↑ +108%
United Healthcare Commercial $680.66 ↑ +112%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $682.10 ↑ +112%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $682.10 ↑ +112%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $682.10 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial $696.46 ↑ +117%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Flow cytometry one marker technical component at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $351.59 $294.79 – $867.62
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $330.02 $184.78 – $868.70
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $468.14 $302.57 – $696.46
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $430.00 $43.03 – $707.76
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $40.10 – $707.76
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $34.23 – $707.76
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $47.92 – $707.76
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree not published $43.03 – $707.76

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