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Colonoscopy (with polyp removal) 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

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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.

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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.

$751.80 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $4,357.45 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $751.80
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $751.80
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $751.80
Health Net Medicaid $751.80
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $751.80
Aetna Joint Venture $1,014.00
Aetna Designated Group $1,077.00
Aetna Broad Network $1,267.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,268.08
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,485.96
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $3,660.23
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,357.45
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,357.45
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $4,357.45
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Colonoscopy (with polyp removal) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Page Hospital Page $312.74 $225.23 – $630.80
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix not published $751.80 – $1,271.44
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson not published $751.80 – $2,788.18
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson not published $751.80 – $1,963.82
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa not published $751.80 – $3,268.08
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City not published $751.80 – $2,495.41
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande not published $751.80 – $1,913.86
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West not published $751.80 – $1,271.44

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