Biopsy needle liver percutaneous at Banner Ironwood Medical Center

37000 North Gantzel Road, San Tan Valley, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1124341672

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$897.45

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.

$2,325.00

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.

$813.75 with Hospice of the Valley vs $5,506.00 with Aetna — 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
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $813.75 ↓ -9%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $1,020.08 ↑ +14%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +14%
Health Net Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +14%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +14%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +14%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,046.25 ↑ +17%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,046.25 ↑ +17%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +30%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,225.28 ↑ +37%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,255.50 ↑ +40%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,627.50 ↑ +81%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
Health Net Medicare $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +92%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,743.75 ↑ +94%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,813.22 ↑ +102%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,813.22 ↑ +102%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,899.57 ↑ +112%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $1,899.57 ↑ +112%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,348.56 ↑ +162%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,417.63 ↑ +169%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,440.42 ↑ +172%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $2,440.42 ↑ +172%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,555.78 ↑ +185%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,590.32 ↑ +189%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,590.32 ↑ +189%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,603.12 ↑ +190%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,733.25 ↑ +205%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,253.90 ↑ +263%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,253.90 ↑ +263%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $3,253.90 ↑ +263%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +348%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +391%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +397%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $4,640.00 ↑ +417%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +421%
United Healthcare UHC Core $4,850.00 ↑ +440%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,105.00 ↑ +469%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +514%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Biopsy needle liver percutaneous at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $3,104.87 $949.44 – $2,849.35
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $2,407.17 $773.15 – $2,849.35
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $1,164.14 $773.15 – $2,849.35
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $795.15 $813.75 – $4,018.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $671.92 $813.75 – $2,849.35
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $644.03 $813.75 – $2,590.32
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $741.68 $813.75 – $2,849.35
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $823.05 $813.75 – $2,849.35

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