Heparin bolus from bag 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

$2.12

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.

$62.50

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.

$0.22 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $46.88 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
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $0.22 ↓ -90%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $0.22 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid $0.22 ↓ -90%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $0.22 ↓ -90%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $0.22 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $0.33 ↓ -84%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $0.36 ↓ -83%
Aetna Joint Venture $0.40 ↓ -81%
Aetna Broad Network $0.40 ↓ -81%
Aetna Designated Group $0.40 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1.04 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1.11 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1.17 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1.39 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1.39 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1.39 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $12.50 ↑ +490%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $15.88 ↑ +649%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $18.75 ↑ +784%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $21.00 ↑ +891%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $21.88 ↑ +932%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $28.12 ↑ +1226%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $30.31 ↑ +1330%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $31.25 ↑ +1374%
Health Net Medicare $31.25 ↑ +1374%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $31.25 ↑ +1374%
United Healthcare UHC Core $31.69 ↑ +1395%
Aetna Medical Rental $32.94 ↑ +1454%
United Healthcare Commercial $33.38 ↑ +1475%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $33.75 ↑ +1492%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $33.75 ↑ +1492%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $43.75 ↑ +1964%
Provider Network of America Commercial $46.88 ↑ +2111%

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Heparin bolus from bag at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $93.80 $0.21 – $45.36
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $86.10 $0.21 – $41.58
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $80.15 $0.21 – $44.12
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $24.83 $0.21 – $20.54
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $100.17 $0.21 – $19.00
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $86.45 $0.21 – $44.12
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale not published $0.00 – $0.40

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