Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate 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

$11.78

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.

$64.00

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.

$14.61 with Care 1st vs $61.33 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
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $14.61 ↑ +24%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $14.61 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare Advantage $14.61 ↑ +24%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $14.61 ↑ +24%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $14.61 ↑ +24%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $14.61 ↑ +24%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $14.61 ↑ +24%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $14.61 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $14.61 ↑ +24%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.61 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicaid $14.61 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicare $14.61 ↑ +24%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $14.61 ↑ +24%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $14.61 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $14.61 ↑ +24%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $14.61 ↑ +24%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $14.61 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.61 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $14.61 ↑ +24%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $14.61 ↑ +24%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $14.61 ↑ +24%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $14.61 ↑ +24%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $14.61 ↑ +24%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $15.34 ↑ +30%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $15.34 ↑ +30%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.07 ↑ +36%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $16.07 ↑ +36%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $19.87 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $20.45 ↑ +74%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $21.50 ↑ +83%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $21.62 ↑ +84%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $21.91 ↑ +86%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $21.91 ↑ +86%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $22.40 ↑ +90%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $25.65 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $27.02 ↑ +129%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $28.50 ↑ +142%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $28.80 ↑ +144%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $28.80 ↑ +144%
United Healthcare UHC Core $29.87 ↑ +154%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $31.71 ↑ +169%
United Healthcare Commercial $32.88 ↑ +179%
Aetna Medical Rental $33.73 ↑ +186%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $33.82 ↑ +187%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $34.56 ↑ +193%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $35.51 ↑ +201%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $42.28 ↑ +259%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $42.28 ↑ +259%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $42.28 ↑ +259%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $44.80 ↑ +280%
Provider Network of America Commercial $48.00 ↑ +307%
Aetna Joint Venture $49.06 ↑ +316%
Aetna Designated Group $52.13 ↑ +343%
Aetna Broad Network $61.33 ↑ +421%

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Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $14.14 $14.61 – $48.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $14.98 $14.61 – $51.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $10.69 $14.61 – $51.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $14.27 $14.61 – $48.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $11.65 $14.61 – $51.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $13.25 $14.61 – $48.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $12.86 $14.61 – $51.20
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $15.62 $14.61 – $48.00

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