Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at Banner Ironwood Medical Center
37000 North Gantzel Road, San Tan Valley, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1124341672
$88.20
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.
$315.00
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.
$24.53 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $339.01 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.
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 |
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| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $24.53 | ↓ -72% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $24.53 | ↓ -72% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $24.53 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $24.53 | ↓ -72% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $24.53 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $41.83 | ↓ -53% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $43.92 | ↓ -50% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $43.92 | ↓ -50% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $46.01 | ↓ -48% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $46.01 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $56.89 | ↓ -35% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $58.56 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $61.91 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $62.59 | ↓ -29% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $62.74 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $62.74 | ↓ -29% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $70.70 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $76.14 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $82.32 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $91.47 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $105.84 | ↑ +20% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $110.25 | ↑ +25% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $141.75 | ↑ +61% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $141.75 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $166.00 | ↑ +88% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $170.10 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $211.15 | ↑ +139% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $220.50 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $224.36 | ↑ +154% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $236.25 | ↑ +168% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $254.26 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $254.26 | ↑ +188% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $263.97 | ↑ +199% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $271.21 | ↑ +207% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $284.77 | ↑ +223% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $339.01 | ↑ +284% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $339.01 | ↑ +284% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $339.01 | ↑ +284% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $41.09 | $23.38 – $128.59 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $77.80 | $24.53 – $236.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $20.58 | $24.53 – $69.02 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $19.82 | $24.53 – $69.02 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $67.10 | $24.53 – $236.25 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $68.04 | $24.53 – $252.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $56.70 | $24.53 – $236.25 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $64.89 | $24.53 – $252.00 |