Mayo proinsulin 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

$26.73

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.

$81.00

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.

$22.60 with Aetna vs $78.57 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 $22.60 ↓ -15%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $25.11 ↓ -6%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $25.11 ↓ -6%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $25.11 ↓ -6%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $25.11 ↓ -6%
Medica Medicare Advantage $25.11 ↓ -6%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $26.69 ↓ -0%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $26.69 ↓ -0%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $27.49 ↑ +3%
Humana Medicare Advantage $28.29 ↑ +6%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $29.36 ↑ +10%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $30.13 ↑ +13%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $39.37 ↑ +47%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $42.91 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $46.98 ↑ +76%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $49.05 ↑ +84%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $59.76 ↑ +124%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $61.55 ↑ +130%
Medica Commercial $67.47 ↑ +152%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $69.09 ↑ +158%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $72.90 ↑ +173%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $72.90 ↑ +173%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $75.33 ↑ +182%
United Healthcare Commercial $76.79 ↑ +187%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $76.95 ↑ +188%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $76.95 ↑ +188%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $76.95 ↑ +188%
Multiplan Commercial $78.57 ↑ +194%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Mayo proinsulin at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $18.39 $25.89 – $76.95
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $18.63 $20.82 – $76.95
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $49.90 $34.13 – $78.57
AdventHealth Porter Denver $282.54 $26.16 – $49.38
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $877.13 $15.62 – $64.86
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $602.07 $12.67 – $64.86
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $441.47 $26.42 – $28.02
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $282.54 $26.16 – $49.38

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