Insitu hybridization (fish) 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

$141.66

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.

$517.00

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.

$173.71 with Aetna vs $1,164.65 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
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $173.71 ↑ +23%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $180.95 ↑ +28%
Humana Medicare Advantage $182.64 ↑ +29%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $182.64 ↑ +29%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $182.64 ↑ +29%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $182.64 ↑ +29%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $182.64 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $182.64 ↑ +29%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $182.64 ↑ +29%
Health Net Medicare $182.64 ↑ +29%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $182.64 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $182.64 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $182.64 ↑ +29%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $182.64 ↑ +29%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $182.64 ↑ +29%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $182.64 ↑ +29%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $182.64 ↑ +29%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $182.64 ↑ +29%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $182.64 ↑ +29%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $182.64 ↑ +29%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $191.77 ↑ +35%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $191.77 ↑ +35%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $200.90 ↑ +42%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $200.90 ↑ +42%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $211.16 ↑ +49%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $211.16 ↑ +49%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $211.16 ↑ +49%
Health Net Medicaid $211.16 ↑ +49%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $211.16 ↑ +49%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $232.65 ↑ +64%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $232.65 ↑ +64%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $248.39 ↑ +75%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $255.70 ↑ +81%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $270.31 ↑ +91%
Aetna Medical Rental $272.46 ↑ +92%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $273.96 ↑ +93%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $273.96 ↑ +93%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $279.18 ↑ +97%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $354.81 ↑ +150%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $358.40 ↑ +153%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $358.40 ↑ +153%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $361.90 ↑ +155%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $382.29 ↑ +170%
Provider Network of America Commercial $387.75 ↑ +174%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $394.23 ↑ +178%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $401.41 ↑ +183%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $477.87 ↑ +237%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $477.87 ↑ +237%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $477.87 ↑ +237%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $538.71 ↑ +280%
United Healthcare UHC Core $608.25 ↑ +329%
United Healthcare Commercial $655.34 ↑ +363%
Aetna Joint Venture $931.61 ↑ +558%
Aetna Designated Group $989.87 ↑ +599%
Aetna Broad Network $1,164.65 ↑ +722%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Insitu hybridization (fish) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $487.08 $94.79 – $521.33
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $143.73 $139.44 – $387.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $196.90 $180.95 – $413.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $208.78 $182.64 – $594.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $220.00 $173.71 – $387.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $113.22 $173.71 – $413.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $229.00 $180.95 – $387.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $116.33 $139.44 – $413.60

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