Mayo chrcb tissue culture non-neoplastic disorders lymphocyte 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

$156.80

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.

$350.00

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.

$97.65 with Aetna vs $339.50 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 $97.65 ↓ -38%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $108.50 ↓ -31%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $108.50 ↓ -31%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $108.50 ↓ -31%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $108.50 ↓ -31%
Medica Medicare Advantage $108.50 ↓ -31%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $116.49 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $116.49 ↓ -26%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $119.98 ↓ -23%
Humana Medicare Advantage $123.48 ↓ -21%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $128.14 ↓ -18%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $130.20 ↓ -17%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $170.13 ↑ +9%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $185.40 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $203.00 ↑ +29%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $211.93 ↑ +35%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $258.23 ↑ +65%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $265.96 ↑ +70%
Medica Commercial $291.55 ↑ +86%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $298.55 ↑ +90%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $315.00 ↑ +101%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $315.00 ↑ +101%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $325.50 ↑ +108%
United Healthcare Commercial $331.80 ↑ +112%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $332.50 ↑ +112%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $332.50 ↑ +112%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $332.50 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial $339.50 ↑ +117%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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