Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) 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

$11.21

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.

$59.00

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.

$9.89 with Aetna vs $44.25 with Provider Network of America — 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 Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -12%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $9.89 ↓ -12%
Humana Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -12%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -12%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $9.89 ↓ -12%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $9.89 ↓ -12%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $9.89 ↓ -12%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $9.89 ↓ -12%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -12%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $9.89 ↓ -12%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -12%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -12%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $9.89 ↓ -12%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $9.89 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $9.89 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -12%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicaid $9.89 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicare $9.89 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $9.89 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -12%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $9.89 ↓ -12%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $10.38 ↓ -7%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $10.38 ↓ -7%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.88 ↓ -3%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $10.88 ↓ -3%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $13.45 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $13.85 ↑ +24%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $14.64 ↑ +31%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $14.84 ↑ +32%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $14.84 ↑ +32%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $17.36 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $18.29 ↑ +63%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $19.29 ↑ +72%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $19.82 ↑ +77%
United Healthcare UHC Core $20.22 ↑ +80%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $20.65 ↑ +84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $21.47 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare Commercial $22.26 ↑ +99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $22.90 ↑ +104%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $24.04 ↑ +114%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $26.55 ↑ +137%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $26.55 ↑ +137%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $28.62 ↑ +155%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $28.62 ↑ +155%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $28.62 ↑ +155%
Aetna Medical Rental $31.09 ↑ +177%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $31.86 ↑ +184%
Aetna Joint Venture $33.21 ↑ +196%
Aetna Designated Group $35.29 ↑ +215%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $41.30 ↑ +268%
Aetna Broad Network $41.52 ↑ +270%
Provider Network of America Commercial $44.25 ↑ +295%

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Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $9.74 $5.54 – $30.47
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $9.44 $9.89 – $44.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $9.56 $9.89 – $47.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $9.20 $9.89 – $47.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $7.49 $9.89 – $44.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $8.91 $9.89 – $47.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $6.67 $9.89 – $44.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $9.09 $9.89 – $47.20

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