MRI breast c-+ w/cad uni 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

$539.46

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.

$2,916.00

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.

$583.20 with Aetna vs $2,187.00 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $583.20 ↑ +8%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $635.69 ↑ +18%
Health Net Medicaid $635.69 ↑ +18%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $635.69 ↑ +18%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $635.69 ↑ +18%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $635.69 ↑ +18%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $740.66 ↑ +37%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $874.80 ↑ +62%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $979.78 ↑ +82%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,020.60 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,115.47 ↑ +107%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $1,146.34 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,146.34 ↑ +112%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $1,166.40 ↑ +116%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,215.56 ↑ +125%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,222.76 ↑ +127%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,283.89 ↑ +138%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,312.20 ↑ +143%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,312.20 ↑ +143%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,346.00 ↑ +150%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,347.19 ↑ +150%
Aetna Designated Group $1,431.76 ↑ +165%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,437.91 ↑ +167%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,458.00 ↑ +170%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,458.00 ↑ +170%
Health Net Medicare $1,458.00 ↑ +170%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,496.00 ↑ +177%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,528.45 ↑ +183%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,528.45 ↑ +183%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,528.45 ↑ +183%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,536.73 ↑ +185%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,574.64 ↑ +192%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,574.64 ↑ +192%
Aetna Broad Network $1,682.53 ↑ +212%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,041.20 ↑ +278%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,187.00 ↑ +305%

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MRI breast c-+ w/cad uni at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $559.87 $445.98 – $2,187.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $419.58 $453.60 – $1,814.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $358.34 $453.60 – $1,814.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $516.13 $583.20 – $2,187.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $428.65 $583.20 – $2,332.80
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $431.57 $445.98 – $2,332.80
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $705.67 $583.20 – $2,187.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $551.12 $583.20 – $2,187.00

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