Magnesium sulfate 2 gram/50 ml (4 %) in water intravenous piggyback at Banner Page Hospital
501 North Navajo Drive, Page, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1578515789
$0.20
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.
$0.88
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.
$0.30 with Humana vs $0.84 with National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $0.30 | ↑ +50% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $0.40 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $0.44 | ↑ +120% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $0.47 | ↑ +135% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $0.47 | ↑ +135% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $0.47 | ↑ +135% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $0.47 | ↑ +135% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $0.47 | ↑ +135% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $0.47 | ↑ +135% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $0.47 | ↑ +135% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $0.47 | ↑ +135% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $0.47 | ↑ +135% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | $0.47 | ↑ +135% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $0.47 | ↑ +135% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $0.47 | ↑ +135% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $0.47 | ↑ +135% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $0.47 | ↑ +135% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $0.47 | ↑ +135% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $0.47 | ↑ +135% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $0.47 | ↑ +135% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Individual Exchange | $0.48 | ↑ +140% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $0.49 | ↑ +145% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $0.50 | ↑ +150% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $0.50 | ↑ +150% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $0.50 | ↑ +150% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $0.50 | ↑ +150% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $0.50 | ↑ +150% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $0.51 | ↑ +155% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $0.51 | ↑ +155% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $0.51 | ↑ +155% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $0.52 | ↑ +160% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance/BXBSAZ Blue HPN | $0.56 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $0.57 | ↑ +185% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $0.58 | ↑ +190% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $0.62 | ↑ +210% |
| Aetna | Aetna Qualified Health Plan | $0.63 | ↑ +215% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $0.64 | ↑ +220% |
| Coconino County Sheriff's Department | Commercial | $0.64 | ↑ +220% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $0.69 | ↑ +245% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $0.69 | ↑ +245% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $0.69 | ↑ +245% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Medicare | $0.69 | ↑ +245% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $0.77 | ↑ +285% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $0.78 | ↑ +290% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $0.79 | ↑ +295% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $0.80 | ↑ +300% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $0.81 | ↑ +305% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $0.84 | ↑ +320% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $0.84 | ↑ +320% |
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Magnesium sulfate 2 gram/50 ml (4 %) in water intravenous piggyback at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $86.10 | $0.50 – $36.96 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $3.21 | $0.50 – $26.24 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $80.15 | $0.50 – $44.12 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $34.00 | $0.50 – $20.54 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $51.20 | $0.50 – $30.40 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $86.45 | $0.50 – $44.12 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | $93.80 | $0.50 – $40.32 |