Echo guide for amniocentesis 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

$148.68

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.

$354.00

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.

$61.39 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $265.50 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $61.39 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $61.39 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $65.48 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $68.76 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $70.80 ↓ -52%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $77.17 ↓ -48%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $77.17 ↓ -48%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $77.17 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicaid $77.17 ↓ -48%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $77.17 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $81.85 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $81.85 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $81.85 ↓ -45%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $89.92 ↓ -40%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $106.20 ↓ -29%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $118.94 ↓ -20%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $123.90 ↓ -17%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $141.60 ↓ -5%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $159.30 ↑ +7%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $159.30 ↑ +7%
Aetna Joint Venture $163.55 ↑ +10%
Aetna Designated Group $173.81 ↑ +17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $177.00 ↑ +19%
Health Net Medicare $177.00 ↑ +19%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $177.00 ↑ +19%
Aetna Medical Rental $186.56 ↑ +25%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $191.16 ↑ +29%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $191.16 ↑ +29%
Aetna Broad Network $204.26 ↑ +37%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $232.58 ↑ +56%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $243.20 ↑ +64%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $247.80 ↑ +67%
Provider Network of America Commercial $265.50 ↑ +79%

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Echo guide for amniocentesis at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $294.96 $35.05 – $923.23
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $123.55 $23.88 – $265.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $165.50 $44.13 – $397.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $113.28 $61.39 – $265.50
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $96.64 $35.95 – $265.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $122.13 $23.88 – $283.20
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $153.64 $61.39 – $265.50
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $140.89 $61.39 – $265.50

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