Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine 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

$26.79

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.

$89.00

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.

$29.35 with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan vs $123.21 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
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $29.35 ↑ +10%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $29.35 ↑ +10%
Humana Medicare Advantage $29.35 ↑ +10%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $29.35 ↑ +10%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $29.35 ↑ +10%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $29.35 ↑ +10%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $29.35 ↑ +10%
Health Net Medicaid $29.35 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $29.35 ↑ +10%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $29.35 ↑ +10%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $29.35 ↑ +10%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $29.35 ↑ +10%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $29.35 ↑ +10%
Health Net Medicare $29.35 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $29.35 ↑ +10%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $29.35 ↑ +10%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $29.35 ↑ +10%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $29.35 ↑ +10%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $29.35 ↑ +10%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $29.35 ↑ +10%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $29.35 ↑ +10%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $29.35 ↑ +10%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $29.35 ↑ +10%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $29.90 ↑ +12%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $30.82 ↑ +15%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $30.82 ↑ +15%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $31.15 ↑ +16%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $32.28 ↑ +20%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $32.28 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $36.73 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $39.17 ↑ +46%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $39.92 ↑ +49%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $40.05 ↑ +49%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $40.05 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $41.09 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $41.13 ↑ +54%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $43.44 ↑ +62%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $44.02 ↑ +64%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $44.02 ↑ +64%
Aetna Medical Rental $46.90 ↑ +75%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $48.06 ↑ +79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $48.97 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $48.97 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $48.97 ↑ +83%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $51.52 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $54.29 ↑ +103%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $57.24 ↑ +114%
United Healthcare UHC Core $60.02 ↑ +124%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $62.30 ↑ +133%
United Healthcare Commercial $66.05 ↑ +147%
Provider Network of America Commercial $66.75 ↑ +149%
Aetna Joint Venture $98.56 ↑ +268%
Aetna Designated Group $104.72 ↑ +291%
Aetna Broad Network $123.21 ↑ +360%

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Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $255.84 $7.74 – $42.55
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $16.91 $22.63 – $66.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $19.13 $29.35 – $71.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $12.10 $29.35 – $71.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $14.95 $29.35 – $66.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $16.29 $29.35 – $71.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $15.13 $29.35 – $66.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $11.66 $22.63 – $71.20

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