Assess cyst contrast inject at Banner Goldfield Medical Center

2050 West Southern Avenue, Apache Junction, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1932543428

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$84.17

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.

$443.00

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.

$88.60 with Aetna vs $5,506.00 with Aetna — 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 $88.60 ↑ +5%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $98.79 ↑ +17%
Health Net Medicaid $98.79 ↑ +17%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $98.79 ↑ +17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $98.79 ↑ +17%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $98.79 ↑ +17%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $112.52 ↑ +34%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $132.90 ↑ +58%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $155.05 ↑ +84%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $177.20 ↑ +111%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $199.35 ↑ +137%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $199.35 ↑ +137%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $221.50 ↑ +163%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $221.50 ↑ +163%
Health Net Medicare $221.50 ↑ +163%
Aetna Medical Rental $233.46 ↑ +177%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $239.22 ↑ +184%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $239.22 ↑ +184%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $310.10 ↑ +268%
Provider Network of America Commercial $332.25 ↑ +295%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +1290%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,540.67 ↑ +1730%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,643.36 ↑ +1852%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,725.50 ↑ +1950%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $2,054.20 ↑ +2341%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,054.20 ↑ +2341%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,054.20 ↑ +2341%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,114.00 ↑ +2412%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,210.00 ↑ +2526%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,326.00 ↑ +2663%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +4674%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +5133%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +5204%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +5460%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +6442%

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Assess cyst contrast inject at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $568.02 $38.27 – $1,813.22
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $158.59 $88.60 – $4,018.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $340.49 $187.60 – $2,082.06
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $494.33 $187.60 – $2,041.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $151.51 $88.60 – $4,018.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $128.03 $88.60 – $4,018.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $122.71 $88.60 – $1,851.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $141.32 $88.60 – $4,018.00

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