Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at Banner Ocotillo Medical Center

1405 S Alma School Rd, Chandler, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1972139004

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$10.00

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.

$51.00

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.

$16.77 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $76.87 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $16.77 ↑ +68%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $16.77 ↑ +68%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +68%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $16.77 ↑ +68%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +68%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $16.77 ↑ +68%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $16.77 ↑ +68%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $16.77 ↑ +68%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +68%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +68%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $16.77 ↑ +68%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $16.77 ↑ +68%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +68%
Humana Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +68%
Health Net Medicare $16.77 ↑ +68%
Health Net Medicaid $16.77 ↑ +68%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↑ +68%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $16.77 ↑ +68%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $16.77 ↑ +68%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $16.77 ↑ +68%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $17.14 ↑ +71%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $17.61 ↑ +76%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $17.61 ↑ +76%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $17.85 ↑ +79%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.45 ↑ +85%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $22.81 ↑ +128%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $22.95 ↑ +130%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $23.48 ↑ +135%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $24.82 ↑ +148%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $25.16 ↑ +152%
Aetna Medical Rental $26.88 ↑ +169%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $27.54 ↑ +175%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $27.67 ↑ +177%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $29.43 ↑ +194%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $31.02 ↑ +210%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $32.70 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare UHC Core $34.29 ↑ +243%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $35.70 ↑ +257%
United Healthcare Commercial $37.74 ↑ +277%
Provider Network of America Commercial $38.25 ↑ +283%
Aetna Joint Venture $56.31 ↑ +463%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $57.65 ↑ +477%
Aetna Designated Group $59.84 ↑ +498%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $61.50 ↑ +515%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $64.57 ↑ +546%
Aetna Broad Network $70.40 ↑ +604%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $76.87 ↑ +669%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $76.87 ↑ +669%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $76.87 ↑ +669%

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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $164.29 $9.40 – $56.35
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $150.80 $9.40 – $51.66
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $8.16 $16.77 – $38.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $8.26 $16.77 – $40.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $7.96 $16.77 – $40.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $6.48 $16.77 – $38.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $7.70 $16.77 – $40.80
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $5.76 $16.77 – $38.25

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