Fern test at Banner Ocotillo Medical Center
1405 S Alma School Rd, Chandler, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1972139004
$12.94
Cash price 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.
$66.00
Gross charge 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.
$9.74 with Aetna vs $61.42 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $9.74 | ↓ -25% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $10.23 | ↓ -21% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $10.23 | ↓ -21% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $10.71 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $13.25 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $13.64 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $14.42 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $14.61 | ↑ +13% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $16.07 | ↑ +24% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $18.02 | ↑ +39% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $19.92 | ↑ +54% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $21.91 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $22.18 | ↑ +71% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $23.10 | ↑ +79% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $29.70 | ↑ +130% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $32.71 | ↑ +153% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $34.75 | ↑ +169% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $34.78 | ↑ +169% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $35.64 | ↑ +175% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $40.89 | ↑ +216% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $43.36 | ↑ +235% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $45.34 | ↑ +250% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $46.07 | ↑ +256% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $46.20 | ↑ +257% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $49.14 | ↑ +280% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $49.50 | ↑ +283% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $51.59 | ↑ +299% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $61.42 | ↑ +375% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $61.42 | ↑ +375% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $61.42 | ↑ +375% |
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Fern test at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | $19.30 | $5.84 – $60.48 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $17.72 | $9.74 – $55.44 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $10.56 | $9.74 – $49.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $10.69 | $9.74 – $52.80 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $8.38 | $9.74 – $49.50 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $7.46 | $9.74 – $49.50 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $10.16 | $9.74 – $52.80 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $9.90 | $9.74 – $49.50 |