Cerebrospinal fld flw imag 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

$297.47

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.

$1,510.00

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.

$354.82 with Health Net vs $2,477.59 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.

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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
Health Net Medicaid $354.82 ↑ +19%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $354.82 ↑ +19%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $354.82 ↑ +19%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $354.82 ↑ +19%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $354.82 ↑ +19%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $417.93 ↑ +40%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $528.50 ↑ +78%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $573.70 ↑ +93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +93%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +93%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +93%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $573.70 ↑ +93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +93%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +93%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $573.70 ↑ +93%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $573.70 ↑ +93%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +93%
Health Net Medicare $573.70 ↑ +93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +93%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $573.70 ↑ +93%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $573.70 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +93%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +93%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $573.70 ↑ +93%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $602.38 ↑ +103%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $631.07 ↑ +112%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $631.07 ↑ +112%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $631.07 ↑ +112%
Aetna Designated Group $640.24 ↑ +115%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $679.50 ↑ +128%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $679.50 ↑ +128%
Aetna Joint Venture $697.62 ↑ +135%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $745.94 ↑ +151%
Aetna Broad Network $753.49 ↑ +153%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $774.50 ↑ +160%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $780.23 ↑ +162%
Aetna Medical Rental $795.77 ↑ +168%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $803.18 ↑ +170%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $815.40 ↑ +174%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $841.27 ↑ +183%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $849.08 ↑ +185%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $860.55 ↑ +189%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $860.55 ↑ +189%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $897.37 ↑ +202%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $942.23 ↑ +217%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,057.00 ↑ +255%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,121.71 ↑ +277%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,121.71 ↑ +277%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,121.71 ↑ +277%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,132.50 ↑ +281%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,016.76 ↑ +578%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,288.79 ↑ +669%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,477.59 ↑ +733%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at other Arizona hospitals

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Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $383.03 $217.98 – $1,198.89
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