Thyroglobulin antibody 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

$39.07

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.

$96.00

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.

$15.90 with Aetna vs $55.29 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 $15.90 ↓ -59%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $15.91 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $15.91 ↓ -59%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $16.39 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare Advantage $16.86 ↓ -57%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $17.50 ↓ -55%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $17.67 ↓ -55%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $17.67 ↓ -55%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $17.67 ↓ -55%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $17.67 ↓ -55%
Medica Medicare Advantage $17.67 ↓ -55%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $21.20 ↓ -46%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $24.95 ↓ -36%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $30.19 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $33.06 ↓ -15%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $34.51 ↓ -12%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $42.05 ↑ +8%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $43.31 ↑ +11%
Medica Commercial $47.48 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $48.62 ↑ +24%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $51.30 ↑ +31%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $51.30 ↑ +31%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $53.01 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Commercial $54.04 ↑ +38%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $54.15 ↑ +39%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $54.15 ↑ +39%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $54.15 ↑ +39%
Multiplan Commercial $55.29 ↑ +42%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Thyroglobulin antibody at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $17.76 $15.43 – $54.15
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $25.63 $14.65 – $54.15
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $70.94 $24.02 – $55.29
AdventHealth Porter Denver $254.25 $15.59 – $29.43
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $588.00 $7.24 – $38.66
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $455.99 $7.55 – $38.66
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $347.46 $15.75 – $16.71
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $254.25 $15.59 – $29.43

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