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Brain MRI (with contrast) at Banner Page Hospital

501 North Navajo Drive, Page, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1578515789

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

$2,842.52

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.

$4,607.00

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.

$77.68 with Humana vs $2,533.85 with United Healthcare — 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $77.68 ↓ -97%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $103.05 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $121.37 ↓ -96%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $121.37 ↓ -96%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $121.37 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $121.37 ↓ -96%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $121.37 ↓ -96%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $121.37 ↓ -96%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $121.37 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $121.37 ↓ -96%
Health Net Medicare $121.37 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $121.37 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $121.37 ↓ -96%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $121.37 ↓ -96%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $121.37 ↓ -96%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $121.37 ↓ -96%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $121.37 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $121.37 ↓ -96%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $127.44 ↓ -96%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $133.51 ↓ -95%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $133.51 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $133.51 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $135.52 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance/BXBSAZ Blue HPN $144.54 ↓ -95%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $147.71 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $151.76 ↓ -95%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $160.30 ↓ -94%
Aetna Aetna Qualified Health Plan $165.11 ↓ -94%
Aetna Joint Venture $166.25 ↓ -94%
Coconino County Sheriff's Department Commercial $167.17 ↓ -94%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $179.63 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $180.68 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Medicare $180.68 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $180.68 ↓ -94%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $200.26 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medical Rental $204.04 ↓ -93%
Provider Network of America Commercial $206.10 ↓ -93%
Aetna Broad Network $207.93 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan $210.91 ↓ -93%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $217.55 ↓ -92%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $217.55 ↓ -92%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $241.82 ↓ -91%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $241.82 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid $241.82 ↓ -91%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $241.82 ↓ -91%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $241.82 ↓ -91%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $487.00 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $2,441.71 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare UHC Individual Exchange $2,533.85 ↓ -11%

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Brain MRI (with contrast) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $481.77 $241.82 – $2,272.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $628.92 $241.82 – $2,795.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $468.20 $241.82 – $2,795.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $502.98 $241.82 – $2,272.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $499.95 $241.82 – $2,424.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $433.29 $241.82 – $2,272.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $539.34 $241.82 – $2,424.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $539.34 $241.82 – $2,272.50

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