Contrast x-ray of hip 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

$264.34

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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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$1,240.00

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.

$248.00 with Aetna vs $1,863.61 with United Healthcare — 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

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 $248.00 ↓ -6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $256.00 ↓ -3%
Health Net Medicaid $266.89 ↑ +1%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $266.89 ↑ +1%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $266.89 ↑ +1%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $266.89 ↑ +1%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $266.89 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $273.06 ↑ +3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $286.71 ↑ +8%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $314.96 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $341.33 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $341.33 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $341.33 ↑ +29%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $372.00 ↑ +41%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $416.64 ↑ +58%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $434.00 ↑ +64%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $496.00 ↑ +88%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $558.00 ↑ +111%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $558.00 ↑ +111%
Aetna Joint Venture $572.88 ↑ +117%
Aetna Designated Group $608.84 ↑ +130%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $620.00 ↑ +135%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $620.00 ↑ +135%
Health Net Medicare $620.00 ↑ +135%
Aetna Medical Rental $653.48 ↑ +147%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $669.60 ↑ +153%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $669.60 ↑ +153%
Aetna Broad Network $715.48 ↑ +171%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $814.68 ↑ +208%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $851.88 ↑ +222%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $868.00 ↑ +228%
Provider Network of America Commercial $930.00 ↑ +252%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,580.51 ↑ +498%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,722.34 ↑ +552%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,863.61 ↑ +605%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Contrast x-ray of hip at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $380.68 $157.76 – $1,580.51
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $218.74 $148.80 – $1,863.61
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $219.91 $148.80 – $1,863.61
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $130.20 $248.00 – $1,580.51
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $299.04 $248.00 – $1,580.51
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $304.83 $237.47 – $1,516.98
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $330.05 $157.76 – $1,580.51
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $398.86 $248.00 – $1,580.51

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