Pt evaluation moderate complexity patient/family 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

$82.98

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.

$417.00

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.

$81.00 with Aetna vs $334.52 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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 Banner Employee Plans $81.00 ↓ -2%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $83.40 ↑ +1%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $92.99 ↑ +12%
Health Net Medicaid $92.99 ↑ +12%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $92.99 ↑ +12%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $105.92 ↑ +28%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $125.10 ↑ +51%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $145.95 ↑ +76%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $166.80 ↑ +101%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $187.65 ↑ +126%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $187.65 ↑ +126%
Aetna Joint Venture $192.65 ↑ +132%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $203.00 ↑ +145%
Aetna Designated Group $204.75 ↑ +147%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $208.50 ↑ +151%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $208.50 ↑ +151%
Health Net Medicare $208.50 ↑ +151%
Aetna Medical Rental $219.76 ↑ +165%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $225.00 ↑ +171%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $225.18 ↑ +171%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $225.18 ↑ +171%
Aetna Broad Network $240.61 ↑ +190%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $241.00 ↑ +190%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $250.90 ↑ +202%
United Healthcare UHC Core $252.00 ↑ +204%
United Healthcare Commercial $265.00 ↑ +219%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $267.62 ↑ +223%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $281.00 ↑ +239%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $291.90 ↑ +252%
Provider Network of America Commercial $312.75 ↑ +277%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $334.52 ↑ +303%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $334.52 ↑ +303%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $334.52 ↑ +303%

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Pt evaluation moderate complexity patient/family at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $72.56 $81.00 – $312.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $55.08 $49.40 – $339.06
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $41.99 $49.40 – $268.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $92.99 $81.00 – $397.42
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $87.99 $81.00 – $333.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $97.16 $81.00 – $312.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $84.65 $81.00 – $333.60
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $73.81 $81.00 – $397.42

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