Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated 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

$1.88

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.

$9.00

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.

$2.70 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $11.33 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
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $2.70 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $2.70 ↑ +44%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2.70 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $2.70 ↑ +44%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $2.70 ↑ +44%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2.70 ↑ +44%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $2.70 ↑ +44%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $2.70 ↑ +44%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $2.70 ↑ +44%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $2.70 ↑ +44%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $2.70 ↑ +44%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $2.70 ↑ +44%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $2.70 ↑ +44%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $2.70 ↑ +44%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $2.70 ↑ +44%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $2.70 ↑ +44%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $2.70 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2.70 ↑ +44%
Humana Medicare Advantage $2.70 ↑ +44%
Health Net Medicare $2.70 ↑ +44%
Health Net Medicaid $2.70 ↑ +44%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $2.70 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $2.70 ↑ +44%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $2.83 ↑ +51%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $2.83 ↑ +51%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $2.97 ↑ +58%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2.97 ↑ +58%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $3.02 ↑ +61%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $3.15 ↑ +68%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $3.67 ↑ +95%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $3.78 ↑ +101%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $4.00 ↑ +113%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $4.05 ↑ +115%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $4.05 ↑ +115%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $4.05 ↑ +115%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $4.05 ↑ +115%
Aetna Medical Rental $4.74 ↑ +152%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4.75 ↑ +153%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $4.86 ↑ +159%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $4.99 ↑ +165%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $5.28 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare UHC Core $5.52 ↑ +194%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $5.85 ↑ +211%
United Healthcare Commercial $6.08 ↑ +223%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $6.24 ↑ +232%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $6.30 ↑ +235%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $6.55 ↑ +248%
Provider Network of America Commercial $6.75 ↑ +259%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $7.80 ↑ +315%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $7.80 ↑ +315%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $7.80 ↑ +315%
Aetna Joint Venture $9.07 ↑ +382%
Aetna Designated Group $9.63 ↑ +412%
Aetna Broad Network $11.33 ↑ +503%

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Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $53.14 $2.70 – $166.32
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $4.05 $2.70 – $6.75
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $5.27 $2.70 – $6.30
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler $2.49 $2.70 – $6.75
Banner Payson Medical Center Payson $4.45 $2.70 – $8.10
Banner Page Hospital Page $4.93 $2.70 – $8.55
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $36.64 $1.62 – $130.72
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $71.44 $1.13 – $147.73

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