Culture bacteria anaerobic 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

$9.74

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.

$29.00

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.

$9.66 with Aetna vs $44.27 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 $9.66 ↓ -1%
Humana Medicare Advantage $9.66 ↓ -1%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $9.66 ↓ -1%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $9.66 ↓ -1%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $9.66 ↓ -1%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $9.66 ↓ -1%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $9.66 ↓ -1%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $9.66 ↓ -1%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $9.66 ↓ -1%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $9.66 ↓ -1%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $9.66 ↓ -1%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $9.66 ↓ -1%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $9.66 ↓ -1%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $9.66 ↓ -1%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $9.66 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $9.66 ↓ -1%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.66 ↓ -1%
Health Net Medicaid $9.66 ↓ -1%
Health Net Medicare $9.66 ↓ -1%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $9.66 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $9.66 ↓ -1%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.66 ↓ -1%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $9.74 ↑ +0%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $10.14 ↑ +4%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $10.14 ↑ +4%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $10.15 ↑ +4%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.63 ↑ +9%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $13.05 ↑ +34%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $13.14 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $13.52 ↑ +39%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $14.30 ↑ +47%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $14.49 ↑ +49%
Aetna Medical Rental $15.28 ↑ +57%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $15.66 ↑ +61%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $15.94 ↑ +64%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $16.96 ↑ +74%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $17.87 ↑ +83%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $18.84 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare UHC Core $19.75 ↑ +103%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $20.30 ↑ +108%
United Healthcare Commercial $21.73 ↑ +123%
Provider Network of America Commercial $21.75 ↑ +123%
Aetna Joint Venture $32.44 ↑ +233%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $33.20 ↑ +241%
Aetna Designated Group $34.47 ↑ +254%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $35.41 ↑ +264%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $37.18 ↑ +282%
Aetna Broad Network $40.55 ↑ +316%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $44.27 ↑ +355%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $44.27 ↑ +355%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $44.27 ↑ +355%

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Culture bacteria anaerobic at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $6.41 $9.66 – $21.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $6.79 $9.66 – $23.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $4.84 $9.66 – $23.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $6.47 $9.66 – $21.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $5.28 $9.66 – $23.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $6.00 $9.66 – $21.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $5.83 $9.66 – $23.20
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $7.08 $9.66 – $21.75

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