Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative 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

$20.13

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.

$61.00

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.

$8.17 with Clear Spring Health vs $58.20 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 $8.17 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $8.17 ↓ -59%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $8.42 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.66 ↓ -57%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $8.99 ↓ -55%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $12.81 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.74 ↓ -17%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $18.60 ↓ -8%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $18.60 ↓ -8%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $18.60 ↓ -8%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $18.60 ↓ -8%
Medica Medicare Advantage $18.60 ↓ -8%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $22.32 ↑ +11%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $31.78 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $34.80 ↑ +73%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $36.33 ↑ +80%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $44.27 ↑ +120%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $45.59 ↑ +126%
Medica Commercial $49.98 ↑ +148%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $51.18 ↑ +154%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $54.00 ↑ +168%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $54.00 ↑ +168%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $55.80 ↑ +177%
United Healthcare Commercial $56.88 ↑ +183%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $57.00 ↑ +183%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $57.00 ↑ +183%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $57.00 ↑ +183%
Multiplan Commercial $58.20 ↑ +189%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $13.85 $7.92 – $57.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $14.03 $6.42 – $23.75
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $37.58 $25.28 – $58.20
AdventHealth Porter Denver $275.94 $8.01 – $15.11
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $75.00 $4.67 – $106.23
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $275.94 $8.01 – $15.11
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $275.94 $8.01 – $15.11
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $275.94 $8.01 – $15.11

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