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Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (with and without contrast) 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

$477.18

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.

$3,615.00

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.

$266.89 with Mercy Care vs $2,711.25 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
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $266.89 ↓ -44%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $266.89 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicaid $266.89 ↓ -44%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $266.89 ↓ -44%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $266.89 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -20%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $380.64 ↓ -20%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $380.64 ↓ -20%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $380.64 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $380.64 ↓ -20%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $380.64 ↓ -20%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicare $380.64 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $380.64 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -20%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $380.64 ↓ -20%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -20%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -20%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -20%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $399.67 ↓ -16%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $418.70 ↓ -12%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $418.70 ↓ -12%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $418.70 ↓ -12%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $464.13 ↓ -3%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $513.86 ↑ +8%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $517.67 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $532.90 ↑ +12%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $563.35 ↑ +18%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $570.96 ↑ +20%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $570.96 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $692.65 ↑ +45%
Aetna Joint Venture $702.00 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $738.84 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $775.77 ↑ +63%
Aetna Designated Group $796.00 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $923.55 ↑ +94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $923.55 ↑ +94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $923.55 ↑ +94%
Aetna Broad Network $936.00 ↑ +96%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $1,093.00 ↑ +129%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,265.25 ↑ +165%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,516.98 ↑ +218%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,626.75 ↑ +241%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,626.75 ↑ +241%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,722.34 ↑ +261%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,863.61 ↑ +291%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,905.11 ↑ +299%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,952.10 ↑ +309%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,530.50 ↑ +430%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,711.25 ↑ +468%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (with and without contrast) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $520.56 $266.89 – $2,711.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $788.85 $266.89 – $3,525.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $603.76 $266.89 – $3,525.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $455.49 $266.89 – $2,711.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $419.34 $266.89 – $2,892.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $451.88 $266.89 – $2,892.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $462.72 $266.89 – $2,711.25
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $686.85 $266.89 – $2,711.25

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