Fern test at Banner Del Webb Medical Center

14502 West Meeker Boulevard, Sun City West, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1588823553

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$10.16

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.

$66.00

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.

$9.74 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $52.80 with Arizona Medical Network — 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 $9.74 ↓ -4%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $9.74 ↓ -4%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $9.74 ↓ -4%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $9.74 ↓ -4%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $9.74 ↓ -4%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $9.74 ↓ -4%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $9.74 ↓ -4%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $9.74 ↓ -4%
Health Net Medicaid $9.74 ↓ -4%
Health Net Medicare $9.74 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $9.74 ↓ -4%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.74 ↓ -4%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $9.74 ↓ -4%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.74 ↓ -4%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $9.74 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $9.74 ↓ -4%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $9.74 ↓ -4%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $9.74 ↓ -4%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $9.74 ↓ -4%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $9.74 ↓ -4%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $9.74 ↓ -4%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.74 ↓ -4%
Mercy Care Medicaid $9.74 ↓ -4%
Humana Medicare Advantage $10.03 ↓ -1%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $10.23 ↑ +1%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $10.23 ↑ +1%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $10.71 ↑ +5%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.71 ↑ +5%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $13.25 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $13.64 ↑ +34%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $14.42 ↑ +42%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $14.61 ↑ +44%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $16.07 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $17.92 ↑ +76%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $18.02 ↑ +77%
United Healthcare UHC Core $19.92 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare Commercial $21.91 ↑ +116%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $22.18 ↑ +118%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $23.10 ↑ +127%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $29.70 ↑ +192%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $29.70 ↑ +192%
Aetna Joint Venture $32.71 ↑ +222%
Aetna Designated Group $34.75 ↑ +242%
Aetna Medical Rental $34.78 ↑ +242%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $35.17 ↑ +246%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $35.64 ↑ +251%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $37.52 ↑ +269%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $39.39 ↑ +288%
Aetna Broad Network $40.89 ↑ +302%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $43.36 ↑ +327%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $45.34 ↑ +346%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $46.90 ↑ +362%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $46.90 ↑ +362%
Provider Network of America Commercial $49.50 ↑ +387%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $52.80 ↑ +420%

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Fern test at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $17.72 $9.74 – $55.44
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $10.56 $9.74 – $49.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $10.69 $9.74 – $52.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $8.38 $9.74 – $49.50
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $7.46 $9.74 – $49.50
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $9.90 $9.74 – $49.50
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $11.42 $9.74 – $49.50
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $10.43 $9.74 – $49.50

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