Diffusing capacity 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

$33.49

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.

$644.00

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.

$60.63 with Banner University Health Plan vs $483.00 with Provider Network of America — 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
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $60.63 ↑ +81%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $60.63 ↑ +81%
Health Net Medicaid $60.63 ↑ +81%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $60.63 ↑ +81%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $60.63 ↑ +81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $128.80 ↑ +285%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $163.58 ↑ +388%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $193.20 ↑ +477%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $214.91 ↑ +542%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $216.38 ↑ +546%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $225.40 ↑ +573%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $229.24 ↑ +585%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $240.70 ↑ +619%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $286.54 ↑ +756%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $286.54 ↑ +756%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $286.54 ↑ +756%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $289.80 ↑ +765%
Aetna Joint Venture $297.53 ↑ +788%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $312.34 ↑ +833%
Aetna Designated Group $316.20 ↑ +844%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $322.00 ↑ +861%
Health Net Medicare $322.00 ↑ +861%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $322.00 ↑ +861%
United Healthcare UHC Core $326.51 ↑ +875%
Aetna Medical Rental $339.39 ↑ +913%
United Healthcare Commercial $343.90 ↑ +927%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $347.76 ↑ +938%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $347.76 ↑ +938%
Aetna Broad Network $371.59 ↑ +1010%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $423.11 ↑ +1163%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $442.43 ↑ +1221%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $450.80 ↑ +1246%
Provider Network of America Commercial $483.00 ↑ +1342%

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Diffusing capacity at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $157.32 $53.06 – $493.08
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $144.41 $59.36 – $451.99
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $227.33 $60.63 – $483.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $109.06 $60.63 – $454.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $151.09 $60.63 – $454.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $169.37 $60.63 – $483.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $159.71 $60.63 – $515.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $75.99 $60.63 – $483.00

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