External newborn metabolic screening panel 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

$43.24

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.

$235.00

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.

$47.00 with Aetna vs $176.25 with Provider Network of America — 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 $47.00 ↑ +9%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $52.41 ↑ +21%
Health Net Medicaid $52.41 ↑ +21%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $52.41 ↑ +21%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $52.41 ↑ +21%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $52.41 ↑ +21%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $59.69 ↑ +38%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $70.50 ↑ +63%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $78.96 ↑ +83%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $82.25 ↑ +90%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $94.00 ↑ +117%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $105.75 ↑ +145%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $105.75 ↑ +145%
Aetna Joint Venture $108.57 ↑ +151%
Aetna Designated Group $115.39 ↑ +167%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $117.50 ↑ +172%
Health Net Medicare $117.50 ↑ +172%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $117.50 ↑ +172%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $119.43 ↑ +176%
Aetna Medical Rental $123.84 ↑ +186%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $126.90 ↑ +193%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $126.90 ↑ +193%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $127.39 ↑ +195%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $133.76 ↑ +209%
Aetna Broad Network $135.59 ↑ +214%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $154.40 ↑ +257%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $159.24 ↑ +268%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $159.24 ↑ +268%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $159.24 ↑ +268%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $161.44 ↑ +273%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $164.50 ↑ +280%
Provider Network of America Commercial $176.25 ↑ +308%

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External newborn metabolic screening panel at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $168.27 $95.76 – $526.68
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $40.42 $47.00 – $176.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $41.00 $40.00 – $161.40
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $39.28 $48.80 – $195.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $70.03 $48.80 – $183.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $47.58 $48.80 – $195.20
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $48.56 $48.80 – $189.18
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $56.40 $47.00 – $189.18

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