Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 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

$181.64

Cash price

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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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$956.00

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.

$334.60 with Hospice of the Valley 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
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $334.60 ↑ +84%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $430.20 ↑ +137%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $430.20 ↑ +137%
Health Net Medicaid $450.93 ↑ +148%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $450.93 ↑ +148%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $450.93 ↑ +148%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $450.93 ↑ +148%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $450.93 ↑ +148%
Aetna Medical Rental $503.81 ↑ +177%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $516.24 ↑ +184%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $669.20 ↑ +268%
Provider Network of America Commercial $717.00 ↑ +295%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $749.90 ↑ +313%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +313%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +313%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +313%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +313%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $749.90 ↑ +313%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $749.90 ↑ +313%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +313%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $749.90 ↑ +313%
Humana Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +313%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $749.90 ↑ +313%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +313%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +313%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +313%
Health Net Medicare $749.90 ↑ +313%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $749.90 ↑ +313%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $749.90 ↑ +313%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $749.90 ↑ +313%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $787.39 ↑ +333%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $787.39 ↑ +333%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $824.89 ↑ +354%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $824.89 ↑ +354%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,019.86 ↑ +461%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $1,049.86 ↑ +478%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,109.85 ↑ +511%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,124.85 ↑ +519%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,124.85 ↑ +519%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +544%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,540.67 ↑ +748%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,643.36 ↑ +805%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,725.50 ↑ +850%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,054.20 ↑ +1031%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,054.20 ↑ +1031%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $2,054.20 ↑ +1031%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $3,152.00 ↑ +1635%
United Healthcare UHC Core $3,294.00 ↑ +1713%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,467.00 ↑ +1809%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +2112%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +2325%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +2358%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +2477%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +2931%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $342.25 $430.20 – $1,237.34
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $347.03 $334.60 – $1,237.34
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $326.95 $334.60 – $4,018.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $276.28 $334.60 – $1,237.34
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $264.81 $334.60 – $1,124.85
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $304.96 $334.60 – $1,237.34
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $338.42 $334.60 – $1,237.34
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $369.02 $334.60 – $1,124.85

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