Very long chain fatty acids 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

$40.18

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.

$205.00

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.

$19.75 with Aetna vs $153.75 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.

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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 Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -51%
Humana Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -51%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -51%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $19.75 ↓ -51%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $19.75 ↓ -51%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $19.75 ↓ -51%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $19.75 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -51%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $19.75 ↓ -51%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $19.75 ↓ -51%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $19.75 ↓ -51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $19.75 ↓ -51%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -51%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $19.75 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid $19.75 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicare $19.75 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $19.75 ↓ -51%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $19.75 ↓ -51%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $19.75 ↓ -51%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $20.74 ↓ -48%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $20.74 ↓ -48%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $21.73 ↓ -46%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $26.86 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $27.65 ↓ -31%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $29.23 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $29.62 ↓ -26%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $32.59 ↓ -19%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $34.67 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $36.53 ↓ -9%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $38.52 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare UHC Core $40.38 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $44.45 ↑ +11%
Aetna Joint Venture $66.32 ↑ +65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $67.87 ↑ +69%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $68.88 ↑ +71%
Aetna Designated Group $70.47 ↑ +75%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $71.75 ↑ +79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $72.39 ↑ +80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $76.01 ↑ +89%
Aetna Broad Network $82.91 ↑ +106%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $90.49 ↑ +125%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $90.49 ↑ +125%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $90.49 ↑ +125%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $92.25 ↑ +130%
Aetna Medical Rental $108.03 ↑ +169%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $110.70 ↑ +176%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $143.50 ↑ +257%
Provider Network of America Commercial $153.75 ↑ +283%

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Very long chain fatty acids at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $114.34 $11.85 – $358.38
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $104.96 $19.75 – $328.52
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $32.80 $19.75 – $153.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $33.21 $19.75 – $164.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $31.98 $19.75 – $164.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $26.04 $19.75 – $153.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $30.95 $19.75 – $164.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $23.16 $19.75 – $153.75

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