Mthfr gene analy common variants 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

$60.68

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.

$197.00

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.

$54.96 with Aetna vs $191.09 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 $54.96 ↓ -9%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $61.07 ↑ +1%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $61.07 ↑ +1%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $61.07 ↑ +1%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $61.07 ↑ +1%
Medica Medicare Advantage $61.07 ↑ +1%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $65.34 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $65.34 ↑ +8%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $67.30 ↑ +11%
Humana Medicare Advantage $69.26 ↑ +14%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $71.87 ↑ +18%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $73.28 ↑ +21%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $95.76 ↑ +58%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $104.35 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $114.26 ↑ +88%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $119.28 ↑ +97%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $145.35 ↑ +140%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $149.70 ↑ +147%
Medica Commercial $164.10 ↑ +170%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $168.04 ↑ +177%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $177.30 ↑ +192%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $177.30 ↑ +192%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $183.21 ↑ +202%
United Healthcare Commercial $186.76 ↑ +208%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $187.15 ↑ +208%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $187.15 ↑ +208%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $187.15 ↑ +208%
Multiplan Commercial $191.09 ↑ +215%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $27.38 $63.38 – $187.15
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $85.10 $50.63 – $187.15
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AdventHealth Porter Denver $629.85 $64.03 – $120.88
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $599.00 $29.73 – $158.78
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $800.75 $41.62 – $158.78
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $583.42 $31.00 – $158.78
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