Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis c 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

$63.21

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.

$147.00

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.

$35.99 with Aetna vs $125.13 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 $35.99 ↓ -43%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $39.99 ↓ -37%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $39.99 ↓ -37%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $39.99 ↓ -37%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $39.99 ↓ -37%
Medica Medicare Advantage $39.99 ↓ -37%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↓ -32%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $44.13 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare Advantage $45.41 ↓ -28%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $47.12 ↓ -25%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $47.99 ↓ -24%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $62.71 ↓ -1%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $68.33 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $74.82 ↑ +18%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $78.11 ↑ +24%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $95.18 ↑ +51%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $98.03 ↑ +55%
Medica Commercial $107.46 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $110.04 ↑ +74%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $116.10 ↑ +84%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $116.10 ↑ +84%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $119.97 ↑ +90%
United Healthcare Commercial $122.29 ↑ +93%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $122.55 ↑ +94%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $122.55 ↑ +94%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $122.55 ↑ +94%
Multiplan Commercial $125.13 ↑ +98%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis c at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $21.31 $41.55 – $122.55
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $41.01 $33.15 – $122.55
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $98.20 $54.36 – $125.13
AdventHealth Porter Denver $278.78 $41.98 – $79.25
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora $1,752.56 $22.84 – $104.10
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