Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 3-5 targets 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

$165.55

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.

$385.00

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.

$107.42 with Aetna vs $373.45 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 $107.42 ↓ -35%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $119.35 ↓ -28%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $119.35 ↓ -28%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $119.35 ↓ -28%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $119.35 ↓ -28%
Medica Medicare Advantage $119.35 ↓ -28%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $128.29 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $128.29 ↓ -23%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $132.14 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare Advantage $135.99 ↓ -18%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $141.12 ↓ -15%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $143.22 ↓ -13%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $187.15 ↑ +13%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $203.93 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $223.30 ↑ +35%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $233.12 ↑ +41%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $284.05 ↑ +72%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $292.56 ↑ +77%
Medica Commercial $320.70 ↑ +94%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $328.40 ↑ +98%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $346.50 ↑ +109%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $346.50 ↑ +109%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $358.05 ↑ +116%
United Healthcare Commercial $364.98 ↑ +120%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $365.75 ↑ +121%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $365.75 ↑ +121%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $365.75 ↑ +121%
Multiplan Commercial $373.45 ↑ +126%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 3-5 targets at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $55.82 $124.44 – $365.75
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $107.42 $98.94 – $365.75
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $257.18 $162.24 – $373.45
AdventHealth Porter Denver $222.14 $125.72 – $237.34
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $222.14 $125.72 – $237.34
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $222.14 $125.72 – $237.34
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $222.14 $125.72 – $237.34
AdventHealth Parker Parker $222.14 $125.72 – $237.34

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