Lithium therapeutic drug level 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

$9.00

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.

$52.00

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.

$6.61 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $39.00 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
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $6.61 ↓ -27%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -27%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -27%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $6.61 ↓ -27%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $6.61 ↓ -27%
Health Net Medicaid $6.61 ↓ -27%
Health Net Medicare $6.61 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -27%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $6.61 ↓ -27%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $6.61 ↓ -27%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $6.61 ↓ -27%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $6.61 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -27%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -27%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $6.61 ↓ -27%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $6.61 ↓ -27%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $6.61 ↓ -27%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $6.61 ↓ -27%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $6.94 ↓ -23%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $6.94 ↓ -23%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $7.27 ↓ -19%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.27 ↓ -19%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $8.99 ↓ -0%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $9.25 ↑ +3%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $9.78 ↑ +9%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $9.91 ↑ +10%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $9.91 ↑ +10%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $11.61 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $12.23 ↑ +36%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $12.90 ↑ +43%
United Healthcare UHC Core $13.51 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare Commercial $14.88 ↑ +65%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $17.47 ↑ +94%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $18.20 ↑ +102%
Aetna Joint Venture $22.20 ↑ +147%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $22.70 ↑ +152%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $22.70 ↑ +152%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $23.40 ↑ +160%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $23.40 ↑ +160%
Aetna Designated Group $23.58 ↑ +162%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $24.22 ↑ +169%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $25.43 ↑ +183%
Aetna Medical Rental $27.40 ↑ +204%
Aetna Broad Network $27.75 ↑ +208%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $28.08 ↑ +212%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $30.27 ↑ +236%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $30.27 ↑ +236%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $30.27 ↑ +236%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $36.40 ↑ +304%
Provider Network of America Commercial $39.00 ↑ +333%

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Lithium therapeutic drug level at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $149.33 $3.36 – $18.48
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $8.32 $6.61 – $39.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $8.42 $6.61 – $41.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $8.11 $6.61 – $41.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $6.60 $6.61 – $39.00
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $30.47 $6.61 – $36.40
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $7.85 $6.61 – $41.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $5.88 $6.61 – $39.00

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