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Rapid Strep Test 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

$13.40

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.

$50.00

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.

$16.53 with UPMC Health Plan vs $75.74 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
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.53 ↑ +23%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $16.53 ↑ +23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $16.53 ↑ +23%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $16.53 ↑ +23%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $16.53 ↑ +23%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $16.53 ↑ +23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $16.53 ↑ +23%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $16.53 ↑ +23%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $16.53 ↑ +23%
Health Net Medicaid $16.53 ↑ +23%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $16.53 ↑ +23%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $16.53 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $16.53 ↑ +23%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.53 ↑ +23%
Humana Medicare Advantage $16.53 ↑ +23%
Health Net Medicare $16.53 ↑ +23%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $16.53 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $16.53 ↑ +23%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $16.53 ↑ +23%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $16.53 ↑ +23%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $16.53 ↑ +23%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $16.53 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.53 ↑ +23%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $16.80 ↑ +25%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $17.36 ↑ +30%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $17.36 ↑ +30%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $17.50 ↑ +31%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.18 ↑ +36%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $18.18 ↑ +36%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $22.48 ↑ +68%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $22.50 ↑ +68%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $22.50 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $23.14 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $24.46 ↑ +83%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $24.80 ↑ +85%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $24.80 ↑ +85%
Aetna Medical Rental $26.35 ↑ +97%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $27.00 ↑ +101%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $29.00 ↑ +116%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $30.57 ↑ +128%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $32.22 ↑ +140%
United Healthcare UHC Core $33.81 ↑ +152%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $35.00 ↑ +161%
United Healthcare Commercial $37.20 ↑ +178%
Provider Network of America Commercial $37.50 ↑ +180%
Aetna Joint Venture $55.51 ↑ +314%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $56.80 ↑ +324%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $56.80 ↑ +324%
Aetna Designated Group $58.98 ↑ +340%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $60.59 ↑ +352%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $63.62 ↑ +375%
Aetna Broad Network $69.39 ↑ +418%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $75.74 ↑ +465%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $75.74 ↑ +465%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $75.74 ↑ +465%

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Rapid Strep Test at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $11.05 $16.53 – $37.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $11.70 $16.53 – $40.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $8.35 $16.53 – $40.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $11.15 $16.53 – $37.50
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $29.29 $16.53 – $35.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $9.10 $16.53 – $40.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $10.35 $16.53 – $37.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $10.05 $16.53 – $40.00

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