St evaluation swallow function 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

$135.78

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.

$423.00

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.

$81.00 with Aetna vs $609.35 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
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $81.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $84.60 ↓ -38%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $107.44 ↓ -21%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $112.94 ↓ -17%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $112.94 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicaid $112.94 ↓ -17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $126.90 ↓ -7%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $148.05 ↑ +9%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $190.35 ↑ +40%
Aetna Joint Venture $195.43 ↑ +44%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $203.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna Designated Group $207.69 ↑ +53%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $211.50 ↑ +56%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $211.50 ↑ +56%
Health Net Medicare $211.50 ↑ +56%
Aetna Medical Rental $222.92 ↑ +64%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $225.00 ↑ +66%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $228.42 ↑ +68%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $228.42 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $241.00 ↑ +77%
Aetna Broad Network $244.07 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare UHC Core $252.00 ↑ +86%
United Healthcare Commercial $265.00 ↑ +95%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $296.10 ↑ +118%
Provider Network of America Commercial $317.25 ↑ +134%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $457.01 ↑ +237%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $487.48 ↑ +259%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $511.85 ↑ +277%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $609.35 ↑ +349%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $609.35 ↑ +349%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $609.35 ↑ +349%

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St evaluation swallow function at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $104.06 $81.00 – $317.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $86.77 $63.80 – $389.90
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $48.81 $63.80 – $274.62
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $71.49 $81.00 – $457.01
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $88.41 $81.00 – $348.96
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $73.18 $81.00 – $317.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $85.87 $81.00 – $338.40
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $100.67 $81.00 – $457.01

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