Ultrasound guide tissue ablation at Banner Ironwood Medical Center
37000 North Gantzel Road, San Tan Valley, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1124341672
$204.12
Cash price 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.
$486.00
Gross charge 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.
$97.20 with Aetna vs $364.50 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $97.20 | ↓ -52% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $105.95 | ↓ -48% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $105.95 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $105.95 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $105.95 | ↓ -48% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $105.95 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $123.44 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $145.80 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $163.30 | ↓ -20% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $170.10 | ↓ -17% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $194.40 | ↓ -5% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $218.70 | ↑ +7% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $218.70 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $224.53 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $238.63 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $243.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $243.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $243.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $256.12 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $262.44 | ↑ +29% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $262.44 | ↑ +29% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $268.21 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $268.21 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $280.42 | ↑ +37% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $286.09 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $300.39 | ↑ +47% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $319.30 | ↑ +56% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $333.88 | ↑ +64% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $340.20 | ↑ +67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $357.61 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $357.61 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $357.61 | ↑ +75% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $364.50 | ↑ +79% |
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Ultrasound guide tissue ablation at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $169.61 | $97.20 – $364.50 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $132.68 | $97.20 – $364.50 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $167.67 | $97.20 – $388.80 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $210.92 | $97.20 – $364.50 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $193.43 | $97.20 – $364.50 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $168.16 | $97.20 – $364.50 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $86.51 | $97.20 – $364.50 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $1,029.34 | $276.80 – $1,503.90 |