Culture aerobic additional method definitive id each 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

$27.60

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.

$103.00

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.

$5.00 with Aetna vs $37.02 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 Medicare Advantage $5.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $6.35 ↓ -77%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $7.50 ↓ -73%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $8.08 ↓ -71%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $8.08 ↓ -71%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $8.08 ↓ -71%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $8.08 ↓ -71%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $8.08 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $8.08 ↓ -71%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $8.08 ↓ -71%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $8.08 ↓ -71%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $8.08 ↓ -71%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $8.08 ↓ -71%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $8.08 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid $8.08 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicare $8.08 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.08 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.08 ↓ -71%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $8.08 ↓ -71%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $8.08 ↓ -71%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $8.08 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $8.08 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.08 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $8.08 ↓ -71%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $8.40 ↓ -70%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $8.48 ↓ -69%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $8.48 ↓ -69%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $8.75 ↓ -68%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.89 ↓ -68%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $8.89 ↓ -68%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $11.25 ↓ -59%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $11.25 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $11.31 ↓ -59%
Aetna Joint Venture $11.55 ↓ -58%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $11.96 ↓ -57%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $12.12 ↓ -56%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $12.12 ↓ -56%
Aetna Designated Group $12.28 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medical Rental $13.18 ↓ -52%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $13.50 ↓ -51%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $14.18 ↓ -49%
Aetna Broad Network $14.43 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $14.95 ↓ -46%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $15.75 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare UHC Core $16.52 ↓ -40%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $17.50 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Commercial $18.18 ↓ -34%
Provider Network of America Commercial $18.75 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $27.76 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $27.76 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $29.61 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $31.09 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $37.02 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $37.02 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $37.02 ↑ +34%

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Culture aerobic additional method definitive id each at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $55.11 $4.48 – $24.64
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $22.76 $5.00 – $18.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $24.10 $5.00 – $20.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $17.20 $5.00 – $20.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $22.97 $5.00 – $18.75
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $41.01 $8.08 – $49.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $18.75 $8.08 – $20.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $21.32 $5.00 – $18.75

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