X-ray spine single view at Banner Goldfield Medical Center
2050 West Southern Avenue, Apache Junction, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1932543428
$46.17
Cash price 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.
$243.00
Gross charge 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.
$42.16 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $409.57 with United Healthcare — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $42.16 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $44.97 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $47.22 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $56.21 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $56.21 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $56.21 | ↑ +22% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $58.65 | ↑ +27% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $58.65 | ↑ +27% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $58.65 | ↑ +27% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $58.65 | ↑ +27% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $58.65 | ↑ +27% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $81.65 | ↑ +77% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $85.05 | ↑ +84% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↑ +103% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $98.54 | ↑ +113% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $98.54 | ↑ +113% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $103.23 | ↑ +124% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $103.23 | ↑ +124% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $109.35 | ↑ +137% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $109.35 | ↑ +137% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $112.27 | ↑ +143% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $119.31 | ↑ +158% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $127.64 | ↑ +176% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $128.06 | ↑ +177% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $131.22 | ↑ +184% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $131.39 | ↑ +185% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $138.90 | ↑ +201% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $140.21 | ↑ +204% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $140.78 | ↑ +205% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $140.78 | ↑ +205% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $159.65 | ↑ +246% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $166.94 | ↑ +262% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $170.10 | ↑ +268% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $182.25 | ↑ +295% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $347.17 | ↑ +652% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $378.33 | ↑ +719% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $409.57 | ↑ +787% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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X-ray spine single view at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $129.65 | $25.39 – $162.47 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $68.53 | $25.98 – $182.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $96.00 | $33.58 – $256.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $98.56 | $33.58 – $256.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $69.98 | $58.65 – $182.25 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $142.37 | $20.70 – $170.10 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $59.29 | $50.99 – $194.40 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $52.24 | $33.58 – $182.25 |