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Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) at Banner Casa Grande Medical Center
1800 East Florence Boulevard, Casa Grande, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1003232976
$834.05
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.
$3,011.00
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.
$602.20 with Aetna vs $4,486.00 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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $602.20 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $837.06 | ↑ +0% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $903.30 | ↑ +8% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $1,020.08 | ↑ +22% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1,020.08 | ↑ +22% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,020.08 | ↑ +22% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,020.08 | ↑ +22% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,020.08 | ↑ +22% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $1,053.85 | ↑ +26% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $1,204.40 | ↑ +44% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,354.95 | ↑ +62% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,354.95 | ↑ +62% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,505.50 | ↑ +81% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $1,505.50 | ↑ +81% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,505.50 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,586.80 | ↑ +90% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,625.94 | ↑ +95% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,625.94 | ↑ +95% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,913.86 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $2,041.49 | ↑ +145% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $2,107.70 | ↑ +153% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $2,143.55 | ↑ +157% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $2,258.25 | ↑ +171% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $2,551.86 | ↑ +206% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $2,551.86 | ↑ +206% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $2,551.86 | ↑ +206% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $2,633.00 | ↑ +216% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $3,263.00 | ↑ +291% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $3,300.00 | ↑ +296% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $3,698.00 | ↑ +343% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $4,037.00 | ↑ +384% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $4,262.00 | ↑ +411% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $4,351.00 | ↑ +422% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $4,486.00 | ↑ +438% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,077.94 | $602.20 – $4,640.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $966.67 | $532.60 – $2,788.18 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,029.76 | $602.20 – $4,640.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $870.18 | $602.20 – $4,640.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $960.51 | $602.20 – $4,640.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $1,065.89 | $602.20 – $4,640.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $1,165.26 | $602.20 – $4,640.00 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $924.38 | $602.20 – $4,982.00 |