Assay of corticosterone at Banner Casa Grande Medical Center
1800 East Florence Boulevard, Casa Grande, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1003232976
$9.38
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.
$83.00
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.
$22.52 with Banner Health vs $90.10 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $22.52 | ↑ +140% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $23.65 | ↑ +152% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $24.77 | ↑ +164% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $24.77 | ↑ +164% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $24.77 | ↑ +164% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $29.05 | ↑ +210% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $30.40 | ↑ +224% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $30.63 | ↑ +227% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $31.53 | ↑ +236% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $33.19 | ↑ +254% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $33.33 | ↑ +255% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $33.78 | ↑ +260% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $33.78 | ↑ +260% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $37.35 | ↑ +298% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $37.35 | ↑ +298% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $41.04 | ↑ +338% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $43.74 | ↑ +366% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $43.92 | ↑ +368% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $44.82 | ↑ +378% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $45.34 | ↑ +383% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $46.05 | ↑ +391% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $48.36 | ↑ +416% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $50.67 | ↑ +440% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $50.78 | ↑ +441% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $58.10 | ↑ +519% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $60.45 | ↑ +544% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $60.45 | ↑ +544% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $60.45 | ↑ +544% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $62.25 | ↑ +564% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $67.58 | ↑ +620% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $76.59 | ↑ +717% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $90.10 | ↑ +861% |
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Assay of corticosterone at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $13.28 | $22.52 – $62.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $13.45 | $22.52 – $66.40 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $12.95 | $22.52 – $66.40 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $10.54 | $22.52 – $62.25 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $12.53 | $22.52 – $66.40 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $12.78 | $22.52 – $66.40 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $12.45 | $22.52 – $62.25 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $14.36 | $22.52 – $62.25 |