Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide 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

$37.29

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.

$113.00

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.

$18.68 with Clear Spring Health vs $65.96 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 $18.68 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $18.68 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $18.97 ↓ -49%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $19.24 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare Advantage $19.80 ↓ -47%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $20.55 ↓ -45%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $21.08 ↓ -43%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $21.08 ↓ -43%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $21.08 ↓ -43%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $21.08 ↓ -43%
Medica Medicare Advantage $21.08 ↓ -43%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $25.30 ↓ -32%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $29.29 ↓ -21%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $36.02 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $39.44 ↑ +6%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $41.17 ↑ +10%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $50.17 ↑ +35%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $51.67 ↑ +39%
Medica Commercial $56.64 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $58.00 ↑ +56%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $61.20 ↑ +64%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $61.20 ↑ +64%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $63.24 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare Commercial $64.46 ↑ +73%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $64.60 ↑ +73%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $64.60 ↑ +73%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $64.60 ↑ +73%
Multiplan Commercial $65.96 ↑ +77%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $25.65 $18.12 – $64.60
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $25.99 $17.48 – $64.60
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $69.61 $28.66 – $65.96
AdventHealth Porter Denver $281.31 $18.31 – $34.56
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $322.15 $18.49 – $53.45
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $281.31 $18.31 – $34.56
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $281.31 $18.31 – $34.56
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $281.31 $18.31 – $34.56

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