Macroscopic exam parasite 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

$15.54

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.

$58.00

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.

$4.31 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $43.50 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
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $4.31 ↓ -72%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↓ -72%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↓ -72%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $4.31 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $4.31 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid $4.31 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicare $4.31 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↓ -72%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $4.31 ↓ -72%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $4.31 ↓ -72%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $4.31 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↓ -72%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↓ -72%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $4.31 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↓ -72%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $4.31 ↓ -72%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $4.31 ↓ -72%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $4.31 ↓ -72%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $4.31 ↓ -72%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $4.31 ↓ -72%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $4.53 ↓ -71%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $4.53 ↓ -71%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $4.74 ↓ -69%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.74 ↓ -69%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $5.86 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $6.03 ↓ -61%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $6.38 ↓ -59%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $6.46 ↓ -58%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $6.46 ↓ -58%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $7.56 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $7.97 ↓ -49%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $8.40 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare UHC Core $8.81 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Commercial $9.71 ↓ -38%
Aetna Joint Venture $14.47 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $14.80 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $14.80 ↓ -5%
Aetna Designated Group $15.38 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $15.79 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $16.58 ↑ +7%
Aetna Broad Network $18.09 ↑ +16%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $19.49 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $19.74 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $19.74 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $19.74 ↑ +27%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $20.30 ↑ +31%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $26.10 ↑ +68%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $26.10 ↑ +68%
Aetna Medical Rental $30.57 ↑ +97%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $31.32 ↑ +102%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $40.60 ↑ +161%
Provider Network of America Commercial $43.50 ↑ +180%

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Macroscopic exam parasite at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $18.95 $4.31 – $54.34
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $12.82 $4.31 – $43.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $13.57 $4.31 – $46.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $9.69 $4.31 – $46.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $12.93 $4.31 – $43.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $10.56 $4.31 – $46.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $12.01 $4.31 – $43.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $11.66 $4.31 – $46.40

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