Methylphenidate 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

$11.59

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.

$67.00

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.

$13.40 with Aetna vs $72.65 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.40 ↑ +16%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $14.61 ↑ +26%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $14.61 ↑ +26%
Health Net Medicaid $14.61 ↑ +26%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $14.61 ↑ +26%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $14.61 ↑ +26%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $17.02 ↑ +47%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $20.10 ↑ +73%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $22.51 ↑ +94%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $23.45 ↑ +102%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $26.80 ↑ +131%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $30.15 ↑ +160%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $30.15 ↑ +160%
Aetna Joint Venture $30.95 ↑ +167%
Aetna Designated Group $32.90 ↑ +184%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $33.50 ↑ +189%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $33.50 ↑ +189%
Health Net Medicare $33.50 ↑ +189%
Aetna Medical Rental $35.31 ↑ +205%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $36.18 ↑ +212%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $36.18 ↑ +212%
Aetna Broad Network $38.66 ↑ +234%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $44.02 ↑ +280%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $46.03 ↑ +297%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $46.90 ↑ +305%
Provider Network of America Commercial $50.25 ↑ +334%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $54.48 ↑ +370%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $54.48 ↑ +370%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $58.12 ↑ +401%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $61.02 ↑ +426%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $72.65 ↑ +527%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $72.65 ↑ +527%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $72.65 ↑ +527%

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Methylphenidate at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $10.72 $13.40 – $50.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $10.85 $13.40 – $53.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $10.45 $13.40 – $53.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $8.51 $13.40 – $54.48
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $10.12 $13.40 – $53.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $7.57 $13.40 – $50.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $10.32 $13.40 – $53.60
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $10.05 $13.40 – $54.48

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