Immunodiffusion nes 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

$22.38

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.

$55.00

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.

$14.05 with Clear Spring Health vs $53.35 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 $14.05 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $14.05 ↓ -37%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $14.47 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare Advantage $14.89 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $15.35 ↓ -31%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $15.46 ↓ -31%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $17.05 ↓ -24%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $17.05 ↓ -24%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $17.05 ↓ -24%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $17.05 ↓ -24%
Medica Medicare Advantage $17.05 ↓ -24%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $20.46 ↓ -9%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $22.03 ↓ -2%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $29.13 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $31.90 ↑ +43%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $33.30 ↑ +49%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $40.58 ↑ +81%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $41.79 ↑ +87%
Medica Commercial $45.81 ↑ +105%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $46.91 ↑ +110%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $49.50 ↑ +121%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $49.50 ↑ +121%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $51.15 ↑ +129%
United Healthcare Commercial $52.14 ↑ +133%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $52.25 ↑ +133%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $52.25 ↑ +133%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $52.25 ↑ +133%
Multiplan Commercial $53.35 ↑ +138%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Immunodiffusion nes at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $10.18 $13.63 – $52.25
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $14.69 $13.63 – $52.25
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $40.64 $23.18 – $53.35
AdventHealth Porter Denver $223.32 $13.77 – $25.99
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $574.75 $6.66 – $34.14
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $340.04 $13.91 – $14.75
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $223.32 $13.77 – $25.99
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $223.32 $13.77 – $25.99

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