X-ray exam of salivary gland 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

$50.52

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.

$235.00

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.

$51.85 with Aetna vs $409.57 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
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $51.85 ↑ +3%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $58.65 ↑ +16%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $58.65 ↑ +16%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $58.65 ↑ +16%
Health Net Medicaid $58.65 ↑ +16%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $58.65 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $69.69 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $74.33 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $78.05 ↑ +54%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $82.25 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $92.92 ↑ +84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $92.92 ↑ +84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $92.92 ↑ +84%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $93.85 ↑ +86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↑ +86%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↑ +86%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↑ +86%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $93.85 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↑ +86%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↑ +86%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $93.85 ↑ +86%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $93.85 ↑ +86%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↑ +86%
Health Net Medicare $93.85 ↑ +86%
Humana Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↑ +86%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↑ +86%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $93.85 ↑ +86%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $93.85 ↑ +86%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↑ +86%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↑ +86%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $93.85 ↑ +86%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $98.54 ↑ +95%
Aetna Designated Group $99.64 ↑ +97%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $103.23 ↑ +104%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $103.23 ↑ +104%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $103.23 ↑ +104%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $105.75 ↑ +109%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $105.75 ↑ +109%
Aetna Joint Venture $108.57 ↑ +115%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $116.09 ↑ +130%
Aetna Broad Network $117.27 ↑ +132%
Aetna Medical Rental $123.84 ↑ +145%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $126.70 ↑ +151%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $126.90 ↑ +151%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $127.64 ↑ +153%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $131.39 ↑ +160%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $138.90 ↑ +175%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $140.78 ↑ +179%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $140.78 ↑ +179%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $164.50 ↑ +226%
Provider Network of America Commercial $176.25 ↑ +249%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $333.39 ↑ +560%
United Healthcare UHC Core $378.33 ↑ +649%
United Healthcare Commercial $409.57 ↑ +711%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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X-ray exam of salivary gland at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $66.27 $46.29 – $176.25
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $67.68 $58.65 – $176.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $57.34 $58.65 – $188.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $54.76 $46.29 – $188.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $65.80 $58.65 – $176.25
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $55.22 $58.65 – $176.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $61.34 $58.65 – $176.25
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $69.80 $58.65 – $176.25

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