Dch validity tests 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

$3.40

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.

$11.00

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.

$3.48 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $15.95 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. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $3.48 ↑ +2%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $3.48 ↑ +2%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3.48 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $3.48 ↑ +2%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $3.48 ↑ +2%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3.48 ↑ +2%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $3.48 ↑ +2%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $3.48 ↑ +2%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $3.48 ↑ +2%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $3.48 ↑ +2%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $3.48 ↑ +2%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $3.48 ↑ +2%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $3.48 ↑ +2%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3.48 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3.48 ↑ +2%
Health Net Medicare $3.48 ↑ +2%
Health Net Medicaid $3.48 ↑ +2%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $3.48 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $3.48 ↑ +2%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $3.48 ↑ +2%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $3.48 ↑ +2%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $3.48 ↑ +2%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $3.65 ↑ +7%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $3.65 ↑ +7%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $3.70 ↑ +9%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3.83 ↑ +13%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $3.85 ↑ +13%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $4.73 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $4.87 ↑ +43%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $4.95 ↑ +46%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $5.15 ↑ +51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $5.22 ↑ +54%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $5.74 ↑ +69%
Aetna Medical Rental $5.80 ↑ +71%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $5.94 ↑ +75%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $6.10 ↑ +79%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $6.43 ↑ +89%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $6.78 ↑ +99%
United Healthcare UHC Core $7.12 ↑ +109%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $7.70 ↑ +126%
United Healthcare Commercial $7.83 ↑ +130%
Provider Network of America Commercial $8.25 ↑ +143%
Aetna Joint Venture $11.69 ↑ +244%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $11.97 ↑ +252%
Aetna Designated Group $12.42 ↑ +265%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $12.76 ↑ +275%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $13.40 ↑ +294%
Aetna Broad Network $14.61 ↑ +330%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $15.95 ↑ +369%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $15.95 ↑ +369%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $15.95 ↑ +369%

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Dch validity tests at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $20.91 $2.09 – $65.52
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $19.19 $3.48 – $60.06
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $3.03 $3.48 – $8.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $2.17 $3.48 – $8.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $2.12 $3.48 – $8.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $2.49 $3.48 – $8.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $2.41 $3.48 – $8.80
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $2.43 $3.48 – $8.25

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