Cholesterol body fluid 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

$31.95

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.

$163.00

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.

$10.20 with Aetna vs $172.28 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $10.20 ↓ -68%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $12.95 ↓ -59%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $13.62 ↓ -57%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $13.62 ↓ -57%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $13.62 ↓ -57%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $13.62 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid $13.62 ↓ -57%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $15.30 ↓ -52%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $17.14 ↓ -46%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $17.85 ↓ -44%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $22.95 ↓ -28%
Aetna Joint Venture $23.56 ↓ -26%
Aetna Designated Group $25.04 ↓ -22%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $25.50 ↓ -20%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $25.50 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicare $25.50 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medical Rental $26.88 ↓ -16%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $27.54 ↓ -14%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $27.54 ↓ -14%
Aetna Broad Network $29.43 ↓ -8%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $35.70 ↑ +12%
Provider Network of America Commercial $38.25 ↑ +20%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $62.07 ↑ +94%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $68.97 ↑ +116%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $129.21 ↑ +304%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $137.82 ↑ +331%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $144.71 ↑ +353%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $172.28 ↑ +439%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $172.28 ↑ +439%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $172.28 ↑ +439%

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Cholesterol body fluid at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $26.08 $10.20 – $62.07
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $17.17 $10.20 – $110.24
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $16.54 $10.20 – $77.64
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $20.70 $10.20 – $129.21
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $32.22 $11.00 – $40.06
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $24.61 $10.20 – $98.66
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $18.42 $10.20 – $75.67
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $25.10 $10.20 – $62.07

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