Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open at Banner Casa Grande Medical Center
1800 East Florence Boulevard, Casa Grande, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1003232976
$577.27
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.
$2,084.00
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.
$277.80 with Aetna vs $4,351.00 with Aetna — 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 | $277.80 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $386.14 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $416.70 | ↓ -28% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $486.15 | ↓ -16% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $555.60 | ↓ -4% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $625.05 | ↑ +8% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $625.05 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $694.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $694.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $694.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $732.00 | ↑ +27% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $750.06 | ↑ +30% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $750.06 | ↑ +30% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $972.30 | ↑ +68% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $1,019.45 | ↑ +77% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1,019.45 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,019.45 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,019.45 | ↑ +77% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,019.45 | ↑ +77% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,041.75 | ↑ +80% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,429.17 | ↑ +148% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,524.47 | ↑ +164% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,600.68 | ↑ +177% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $1,642.00 | ↑ +184% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,905.59 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,905.59 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,905.59 | ↑ +230% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $2,633.00 | ↑ +356% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,746.00 | ↑ +376% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,898.00 | ↑ +402% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3,051.00 | ↑ +429% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $3,263.00 | ↑ +465% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $3,698.00 | ↑ +541% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $4,351.00 | ↑ +654% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $664.80 | $277.80 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Page Hospital | Page | $291.08 | $139.75 – $391.40 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $2,490.64 | $160.57 – $5,150.80 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $4,598.18 | $160.57 – $340.26 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $160.57 – $1,655.69 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | not published | $949.44 – $1,019.45 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | not published | $1,019.45 – $2,440.42 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | not published | $1,019.45 – $1,863.43 |