Assay of tyrosine 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

$11.30

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.

$100.00

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.

$10.63 with Gila River Health Care Corporation vs $75.00 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
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $10.63 ↓ -6%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $10.63 ↓ -6%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.63 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $10.63 ↓ -6%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $10.63 ↓ -6%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $10.63 ↓ -6%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $10.63 ↓ -6%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $10.63 ↓ -6%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $10.63 ↓ -6%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $10.63 ↓ -6%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $10.63 ↓ -6%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $10.63 ↓ -6%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $10.63 ↓ -6%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $10.63 ↓ -6%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $10.63 ↓ -6%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $10.63 ↓ -6%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $10.63 ↓ -6%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $10.63 ↓ -6%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.63 ↓ -6%
Humana Medicare Advantage $10.63 ↓ -6%
Health Net Medicare $10.63 ↓ -6%
Health Net Medicaid $10.63 ↓ -6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $10.63 ↓ -6%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $11.16 ↓ -1%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.69 ↑ +3%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $11.69 ↑ +3%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $11.69 ↑ +3%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $14.35 ↑ +27%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $14.46 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $14.88 ↑ +32%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $15.67 ↑ +39%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $15.73 ↑ +39%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $15.95 ↑ +41%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $15.95 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $19.37 ↑ +71%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $20.73 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $21.38 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare UHC Core $21.74 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $22.81 ↑ +102%
United Healthcare Commercial $23.93 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $23.95 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $28.51 ↑ +152%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $28.51 ↑ +152%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $28.51 ↑ +152%
Aetna Joint Venture $31.90 ↑ +182%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $35.00 ↑ +210%
Aetna Designated Group $36.15 ↑ +220%
Aetna Broad Network $42.53 ↑ +276%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $45.00 ↑ +298%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $45.00 ↑ +298%
Aetna Medical Rental $52.70 ↑ +366%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $54.00 ↑ +378%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $70.00 ↑ +519%
Provider Network of America Commercial $75.00 ↑ +564%

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Assay of tyrosine at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $10.46 $5.96 – $32.75
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $16.00 $10.63 – $75.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $16.20 $10.63 – $80.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $15.60 $10.63 – $80.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $15.00 $10.63 – $75.00
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $17.30 $10.63 – $75.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $15.80 $10.63 – $75.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $16.60 $10.63 – $75.00

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