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Knee MRI (with and without contrast) at Banner Ocotillo Medical Center
1405 S Alma School Rd, Chandler, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1972139004
$778.04
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.
$3,569.00
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.
$266.89 with Mercy Care vs $2,676.75 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.
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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| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $266.89 | ↓ -66% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $266.89 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $266.89 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $266.89 | ↓ -66% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $266.89 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $713.80 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $906.53 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $1,070.70 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,199.18 | ↑ +54% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $1,249.15 | ↑ +61% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,346.00 | ↑ +73% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,496.00 | ↑ +92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,579.61 | ↑ +103% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $1,580.51 | ↑ +103% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,606.05 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $1,648.88 | ↑ +112% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,684.91 | ↑ +117% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $1,722.34 | ↑ +121% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,752.38 | ↑ +125% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,769.15 | ↑ +127% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,784.50 | ↑ +129% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $1,784.50 | ↑ +129% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,784.50 | ↑ +129% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,863.61 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,880.86 | ↑ +142% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,927.26 | ↑ +148% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,927.26 | ↑ +148% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $2,059.31 | ↑ +165% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $2,106.14 | ↑ +171% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $2,106.14 | ↑ +171% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $2,106.14 | ↑ +171% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $2,498.30 | ↑ +221% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $2,676.75 | ↑ +244% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Knee MRI (with and without contrast) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $685.25 | $266.89 – $2,676.75 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,028.41 | $266.89 – $4,447.20 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $878.32 | $266.89 – $4,447.20 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $631.71 | $266.89 – $2,676.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $524.64 | $266.89 – $2,855.20 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $706.66 | $266.89 – $2,676.75 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $528.21 | $266.89 – $2,855.20 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $674.54 | $266.89 – $2,676.75 |