Magnesium 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

$25.08

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.

$132.00

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.

$6.70 with Banner Health vs $28.13 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
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -73%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $6.70 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -73%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -73%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $6.70 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid $6.70 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare $6.70 ↓ -73%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $6.70 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -73%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $6.70 ↓ -73%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $6.70 ↓ -73%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $6.70 ↓ -73%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $6.70 ↓ -73%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -73%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -73%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $6.70 ↓ -73%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $6.70 ↓ -73%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $6.70 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $6.70 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -73%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $7.04 ↓ -72%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $7.04 ↓ -72%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $7.06 ↓ -72%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $7.35 ↓ -71%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.37 ↓ -71%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $7.37 ↓ -71%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $9.11 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $9.38 ↓ -63%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $9.45 ↓ -62%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $9.45 ↓ -62%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $9.92 ↓ -60%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $10.05 ↓ -60%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $10.05 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medical Rental $11.07 ↓ -56%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $11.34 ↓ -55%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $11.77 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $12.39 ↓ -51%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $13.08 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare UHC Core $13.70 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $14.54 ↓ -42%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $14.70 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Commercial $15.07 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $15.51 ↓ -38%
Provider Network of America Commercial $15.75 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $16.29 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $19.39 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $19.39 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $19.39 ↓ -23%
Aetna Joint Venture $22.50 ↓ -10%
Aetna Designated Group $23.91 ↓ -5%
Aetna Broad Network $28.13 ↑ +12%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $72.57 $3.76 – $20.64
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $21.12 $6.70 – $15.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $14.74 $6.70 – $16.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $14.20 $6.70 – $16.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $16.76 $6.70 – $15.75
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $77.34 $6.70 – $36.40
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $19.93 $6.70 – $16.80
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $14.92 $6.70 – $15.75

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