Phlebotomy therapeutic 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

$112.05

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.

$257.00

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.

$71.70 with Aetna vs $249.29 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 $71.70 ↓ -36%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $79.67 ↓ -29%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $79.67 ↓ -29%
Medica Medicare Advantage $79.67 ↓ -29%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $79.67 ↓ -29%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $79.67 ↓ -29%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $95.60 ↓ -15%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $124.93 ↑ +11%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $129.54 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $129.54 ↑ +16%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $133.43 ↑ +19%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $136.13 ↑ +21%
Humana Medicare Advantage $137.31 ↑ +23%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $142.49 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $149.06 ↑ +33%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $155.61 ↑ +39%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $189.61 ↑ +69%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $195.29 ↑ +74%
Medica Commercial $214.08 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $219.22 ↑ +96%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $231.30 ↑ +106%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $231.30 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $239.01 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare Commercial $243.64 ↑ +117%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $244.15 ↑ +118%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $244.15 ↑ +118%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $244.15 ↑ +118%
Multiplan Commercial $249.29 ↑ +122%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Phlebotomy therapeutic at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $228.48 $125.65 – $9,872.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $173.76 $123.36 – $9,872.00
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $165.25 $108.30 – $249.29
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,015.28 $137.54 – $259.65
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $1,403.35 $196.56 – $204.84
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $1,835.25 $196.56 – $204.84
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $1,328.50 $196.56 – $204.84
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $1,328.50 $110.20 – $204.84

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