Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit 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

$42.59

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.

$93.00

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.

$25.95 with Aetna vs $93.18 with Devoted Health Services — 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 $25.95 ↓ -39%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $28.83 ↓ -32%
Medica Medicare Advantage $28.83 ↓ -32%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $28.83 ↓ -32%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $28.83 ↓ -32%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $28.83 ↓ -32%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $34.60 ↓ -19%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $45.21 ↑ +6%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $49.26 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $53.94 ↑ +27%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $56.31 ↑ +32%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $68.62 ↑ +61%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $70.67 ↑ +66%
Medica Commercial $77.47 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $79.33 ↑ +86%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $83.70 ↑ +97%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $83.70 ↑ +97%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $84.71 ↑ +99%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $84.71 ↑ +99%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $86.49 ↑ +103%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $87.25 ↑ +105%
United Healthcare Commercial $88.16 ↑ +107%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $88.35 ↑ +107%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $88.35 ↑ +107%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $88.35 ↑ +107%
Humana Medicare Advantage $89.79 ↑ +111%
Multiplan Commercial $90.21 ↑ +112%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $93.18 ↑ +119%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $36.27 $38.13 – $203.30
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $34.13 $23.90 – $203.57
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $53.38 $39.19 – $90.21
AdventHealth Porter Denver $720.35 not published
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $720.35 not published
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $720.35 not published
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $720.35 not published
AdventHealth Parker Parker $720.35 not published

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