Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at Banner Casa Grande Medical Center

1800 East Florence Boulevard, Casa Grande, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1003232976

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$614.38

Cash price

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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.

$933.00

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.

$124.40 with Aetna vs $3,695.00 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $124.40 ↓ -80%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $172.92 ↓ -72%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $186.60 ↓ -70%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $189.35 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid $189.35 ↓ -69%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $189.35 ↓ -69%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $189.35 ↓ -69%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $189.35 ↓ -69%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $217.70 ↓ -65%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $248.80 ↓ -60%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $279.90 ↓ -54%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $279.90 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicare $311.00 ↓ -49%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $311.00 ↓ -49%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $311.00 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medical Rental $327.79 ↓ -47%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $335.88 ↓ -45%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $335.88 ↓ -45%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $435.40 ↓ -29%
Provider Network of America Commercial $466.50 ↓ -24%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,429.17 ↑ +133%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,524.47 ↑ +148%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,600.68 ↑ +161%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $1,642.00 ↑ +167%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,851.00 ↑ +201%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,905.59 ↑ +210%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,905.59 ↑ +210%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,905.59 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,954.00 ↑ +218%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,057.00 ↑ +235%
Aetna Joint Venture $2,771.00 ↑ +351%
Aetna Designated Group $3,141.00 ↑ +411%
Aetna Broad Network $3,695.00 ↑ +501%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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