In situ hybridization per specimen each additional single probe stain at Sterling Regional Medical Center
615 Fairhurst Street, Sterling, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1942238555
$105.50
Cash price 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.
$214.00
Gross charge 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.
$37.94 with Aetna vs $131.92 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $37.94 | ↓ -64% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Medicare | $42.16 | ↓ -60% |
| Medica | Medicare Advantage | $42.16 | ↓ -60% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $42.16 | ↓ -60% |
| Medicare | Traditional Medicare | $42.16 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $42.16 | ↓ -60% |
| Assist Health Group | AHG Specialty Network | $50.59 | ↓ -52% |
| Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp | Pinnacol Assurance WC | $66.11 | ↓ -37% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway Standard | $72.04 | ↓ -32% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option | $78.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Denver Health Medical Plan | Commercial | $82.35 | ↓ -22% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway | $100.34 | ↓ -5% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity | $103.35 | ↓ -2% |
| Medica | Commercial | $113.29 | ↑ +7% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Doctor's Plan | $116.01 | ↑ +10% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $122.40 | ↑ +16% |
| Apostrophe, Inc. | Commercial | $122.40 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Commercial/Medical Rental | $126.48 | ↑ +20% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $128.93 | ↑ +22% |
| First Choice of the Midwest | Commercial | $129.20 | ↑ +22% |
| Hue Health, Inc | Medicare Advantage | $129.20 | ↑ +22% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plans | Private Plan/Self Insured Plan | $129.20 | ↑ +22% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $131.92 | ↑ +25% |
| Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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In situ hybridization per specimen each additional single probe stain at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $245.60 | $149.57 – $718.58 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $131.82 | $90.18 – $207.58 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $290.57 | $164.34 – $351.88 |
| HCA HealthONE AURORA | Aurora | $143.15 | $55.63 – $266.23 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $1,425.00 | $66.48 – $266.23 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $301.00 | $59.70 – $292.15 |
| HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH | LAKEWOOD | $2,165.56 | $61.06 – $266.23 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $290.57 | $164.34 – $351.88 |