Biopsy skin incisional single lesion 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

$398.70

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.

$886.00

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.

$190.44 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $978.63 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $190.44 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $203.14 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $213.30 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $253.93 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $253.93 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $253.93 ↓ -36%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $310.10 ↓ -22%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $337.57 ↓ -15%
Aetna Designated Group $375.66 ↓ -6%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $380.02 ↓ -5%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $380.02 ↓ -5%
Health Net Medicaid $380.02 ↓ -5%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $380.02 ↓ -5%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $380.02 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $387.18 ↓ -3%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $398.70 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $398.70 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare UHC Core $408.45 ↑ +2%
Aetna Joint Venture $409.33 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $429.71 ↑ +8%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $437.68 ↑ +10%
Aetna Broad Network $442.11 ↑ +11%
Aetna Medical Rental $466.92 ↑ +17%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $478.44 ↑ +20%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $620.20 ↑ +56%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $652.42 ↑ +64%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $652.42 ↑ +64%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $652.42 ↑ +64%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $652.42 ↑ +64%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $652.42 ↑ +64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $652.42 ↑ +64%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $652.42 ↑ +64%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $652.42 ↑ +64%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $652.42 ↑ +64%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $652.42 ↑ +64%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $652.42 ↑ +64%
Health Net Medicare $652.42 ↑ +64%
Humana Medicare Advantage $652.42 ↑ +64%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $652.42 ↑ +64%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $652.42 ↑ +64%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $652.42 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $652.42 ↑ +64%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $652.42 ↑ +64%
Provider Network of America Commercial $664.50 ↑ +67%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $685.04 ↑ +72%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $717.66 ↑ +80%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $717.66 ↑ +80%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $717.66 ↑ +80%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $880.77 ↑ +121%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $887.29 ↑ +123%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $913.39 ↑ +129%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $965.58 ↑ +142%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $978.63 ↑ +145%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $978.63 ↑ +145%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $346.86 $59.01 – $1,085.70
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $458.95 $126.52 – $1,076.49
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $340.22 $297.70 – $1,076.49
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $213.67 $248.31 – $1,076.49
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $272.00 $310.10 – $1,076.49
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $250.74 $272.70 – $1,076.49
Banner Payson Medical Center Payson $138.18 $98.49 – $217.80
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $620.75 $59.01 – $1,283.75

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