Str markers specimen anal 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

$304.21

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.

$1,427.00

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.

$233.07 with Care 1st vs $978.43 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 $233.07 ↓ -23%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $233.07 ↓ -23%
Humana Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -23%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -23%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $233.07 ↓ -23%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $233.07 ↓ -23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $233.07 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -23%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicaid $233.07 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicare $233.07 ↓ -23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $233.07 ↓ -23%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $233.07 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -23%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -23%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $233.07 ↓ -23%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -23%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $233.07 ↓ -23%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $233.07 ↓ -23%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $233.07 ↓ -23%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $233.07 ↓ -23%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $244.72 ↓ -20%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $244.72 ↓ -20%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $256.38 ↓ -16%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $256.38 ↓ -16%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $316.98 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $326.30 ↑ +7%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $344.94 ↑ +13%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $349.61 ↑ +15%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $349.61 ↑ +15%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $377.33 ↑ +24%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $393.05 ↑ +29%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $409.05 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $431.09 ↑ +42%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $454.50 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare UHC Core $476.60 ↑ +57%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $505.35 ↑ +66%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $505.35 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare Commercial $524.41 ↑ +72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $572.83 ↑ +88%
Aetna Medical Rental $591.82 ↑ +95%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $606.42 ↑ +99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $611.00 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $641.55 ↑ +111%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $763.75 ↑ +151%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $763.75 ↑ +151%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $763.75 ↑ +151%
Aetna Joint Venture $782.65 ↑ +157%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $786.10 ↑ +158%
Aetna Designated Group $831.59 ↑ +173%
Provider Network of America Commercial $842.25 ↑ +177%
Aetna Broad Network $978.43 ↑ +222%

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