Immunoglobulin assay 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

$96.05

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.

$236.00

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.

$12.46 with Clear Spring Health vs $228.92 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 $12.46 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $12.46 ↓ -87%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $12.83 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare Advantage $13.21 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $13.71 ↓ -86%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $19.54 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $65.84 ↓ -31%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $73.16 ↓ -24%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $73.16 ↓ -24%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $73.16 ↓ -24%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $73.16 ↓ -24%
Medica Medicare Advantage $73.16 ↓ -24%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $87.79 ↓ -9%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $115.25 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $118.37 ↑ +23%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $125.01 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $136.88 ↑ +43%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $142.90 ↑ +49%
Medica Commercial $196.59 ↑ +105%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $201.31 ↑ +110%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $212.40 ↑ +121%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $212.40 ↑ +121%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $219.48 ↑ +129%
United Healthcare Commercial $223.73 ↑ +133%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $224.20 ↑ +133%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $224.20 ↑ +133%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $224.20 ↑ +133%
Multiplan Commercial $228.92 ↑ +138%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Immunoglobulin assay at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $43.66 $12.09 – $224.20
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $63.01 $12.09 – $224.20
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $174.40 $95.94 – $228.92
AdventHealth Porter Denver $277.13 $12.21 – $23.05
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $680.87 $7.29 – $30.28
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $656.21 $12.34 – $13.08
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $277.13 $12.21 – $23.05
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $277.13 $12.21 – $23.05

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