Intracranial complete study 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

$208.33

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.

$1,151.00

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.

$166.84 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $1,726.52 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -20%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -20%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -20%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $166.84 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -20%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +24%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $257.63 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +24%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $257.63 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +24%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicare $257.63 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +24%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $257.63 ↑ +24%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $257.63 ↑ +24%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $257.63 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +24%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +24%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $257.63 ↑ +24%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $257.63 ↑ +24%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +24%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +24%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $270.51 ↑ +30%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $270.51 ↑ +30%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $283.39 ↑ +36%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $283.39 ↑ +36%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $350.38 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $360.68 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $381.29 ↑ +83%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $386.44 ↑ +85%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $386.44 ↑ +85%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $386.74 ↑ +86%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $402.85 ↑ +93%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $517.95 ↑ +149%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $517.95 ↑ +149%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $558.24 ↑ +168%
United Healthcare UHC Core $583.56 ↑ +180%
Aetna Medical Rental $606.58 ↑ +191%
United Healthcare Commercial $614.63 ↑ +195%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $621.54 ↑ +198%
Aetna Joint Venture $723.32 ↑ +247%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $756.21 ↑ +263%
Aetna Designated Group $768.53 ↑ +269%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $790.74 ↑ +280%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $805.70 ↑ +287%
Provider Network of America Commercial $863.25 ↑ +314%
Aetna Broad Network $904.15 ↑ +334%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $1,294.89 ↑ +522%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,294.89 ↑ +522%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,381.22 ↑ +563%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,450.27 ↑ +596%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,726.52 ↑ +729%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,726.52 ↑ +729%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,726.52 ↑ +729%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Intracranial complete study at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $377.61 $214.90 – $1,181.95
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $306.17 $166.84 – $863.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $256.63 $166.84 – $645.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $206.03 $166.84 – $863.25
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $282.00 $166.84 – $863.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $260.13 $166.84 – $863.25
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $293.50 $166.84 – $863.25
Banner Goldfield Medical Center Apache Junction $192.22 $166.84 – $863.25

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