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Skin Biopsy at Banner Casa Grande Medical Center
1800 East Florence Boulevard, Casa Grande, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1003232976
$178.20
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.
$396.00
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.
$124.80 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $317.67 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.
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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $124.80 | ↓ -30% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $130.17 | ↓ -27% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $130.17 | ↓ -27% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $130.17 | ↓ -27% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $130.17 | ↓ -27% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $130.17 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $133.13 | ↓ -25% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $138.60 | ↓ -22% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $139.78 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $150.88 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $166.41 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $166.41 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $166.41 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $167.90 | ↓ -6% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $173.05 | ↓ -3% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $178.20 | ↑ +0% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $178.20 | ↑ +0% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $182.56 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $182.95 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $192.06 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $195.62 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $197.60 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $208.69 | ↑ +17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $211.78 | ↑ +19% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $213.84 | ↑ +20% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $222.37 | ↑ +25% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $232.96 | ↑ +31% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $232.96 | ↑ +31% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $232.96 | ↑ +31% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $277.20 | ↑ +56% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $285.90 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $288.02 | ↑ +62% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $296.49 | ↑ +66% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $297.00 | ↑ +67% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $313.43 | ↑ +76% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $317.67 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $317.67 | ↑ +78% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Skin Biopsy at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $205.13 | $82.91 – $349.44 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $152.06 | $130.17 – $349.44 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $95.50 | $130.17 – $349.44 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $121.57 | $130.17 – $349.44 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $112.07 | $130.17 – $349.44 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $103.92 | $74.07 – $163.80 |