Triglycerides 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

$17.82

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.

$54.00

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.

$5.74 with Clear Spring Health vs $46.56 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 $5.74 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $5.74 ↓ -68%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $5.91 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare Advantage $6.08 ↓ -66%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $6.31 ↓ -65%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $9.00 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.39 ↓ -25%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $14.88 ↓ -16%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $14.88 ↓ -16%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $14.88 ↓ -16%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $14.88 ↓ -16%
Medica Medicare Advantage $14.88 ↓ -16%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $17.86 ↑ +0%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $25.43 ↑ +43%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $27.84 ↑ +56%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $29.06 ↑ +63%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $35.41 ↑ +99%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $36.48 ↑ +105%
Medica Commercial $39.98 ↑ +124%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $40.94 ↑ +130%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $43.20 ↑ +142%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $43.20 ↑ +142%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $44.64 ↑ +151%
United Healthcare Commercial $45.50 ↑ +155%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $45.60 ↑ +156%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $45.60 ↑ +156%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $45.60 ↑ +156%
Multiplan Commercial $46.56 ↑ +161%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Triglycerides at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $4.09 $5.57 – $17.10
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $4.14 $4.63 – $17.10
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $33.26 $18.12 – $41.71
AdventHealth Porter Denver $114.78 $5.63 – $10.62
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $220.72 $5.68 – $16.42
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $114.78 $5.63 – $10.62
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $114.78 $5.63 – $10.62
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $114.78 $5.63 – $10.62

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