Rbc count only automated 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

$21.10

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.

$63.00

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.

$3.02 with Clear Spring Health vs $60.14 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 $3.02 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $3.02 ↓ -86%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $3.11 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3.20 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $3.32 ↓ -84%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $4.74 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.30 ↓ -18%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $19.22 ↓ -9%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $19.22 ↓ -9%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $19.22 ↓ -9%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $19.22 ↓ -9%
Medica Medicare Advantage $19.22 ↓ -9%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $23.06 ↑ +9%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $27.93 ↑ +32%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $28.69 ↑ +36%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $32.84 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $35.96 ↑ +70%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $37.54 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial $51.65 ↑ +145%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $52.89 ↑ +151%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $55.80 ↑ +164%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $55.80 ↑ +164%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $57.66 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare Commercial $58.78 ↑ +179%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $58.90 ↑ +179%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $58.90 ↑ +179%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $58.90 ↑ +179%
Multiplan Commercial $60.14 ↑ +185%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Rbc count only automated at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $6.43 $2.93 – $58.90
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $17.77 $2.93 – $58.90
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $39.25 $23.25 – $60.14
AdventHealth Porter Denver $48.88 $2.96 – $5.59
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora $22.89 $1.61 – $7.34
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $43.01 $1.76 – $7.34
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $177.55 $1.43 – $7.34
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $48.88 $2.96 – $5.59

All Colorado hospitals for this procedure →