X-ray exam of middle ear at Banner Page Hospital
501 North Navajo Drive, Page, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1578515789
$234.42
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.
$364.00
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.
$15.60 with Humana vs $350.10 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. — 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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| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $15.60 | ↓ -93% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $20.70 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $22.95 | ↓ -90% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $24.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $24.38 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $24.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $24.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $24.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $24.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $24.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $24.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $24.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $24.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $24.38 | ↓ -90% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $24.38 | ↓ -90% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | $24.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $24.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $24.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $24.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $25.60 | ↓ -89% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $26.82 | ↓ -89% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $26.82 | ↓ -89% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $26.82 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $27.22 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance/BXBSAZ Blue HPN | $29.04 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $29.67 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $30.48 | ↓ -87% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $32.20 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Aetna Qualified Health Plan | $33.17 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $33.40 | ↓ -86% |
| Coconino County Sheriff's Department | Commercial | $33.58 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $36.08 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Medicare | $36.29 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $36.29 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $36.29 | ↓ -85% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $40.23 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $40.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $41.40 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $41.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $42.37 | ↓ -82% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $43.70 | ↓ -81% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $43.70 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $192.92 | ↓ -18% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Individual Exchange | $200.20 | ↓ -15% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $350.10 | ↑ +49% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $350.10 | ↑ +49% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $350.10 | ↑ +49% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $350.10 | ↑ +49% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $350.10 | ↑ +49% |
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X-ray exam of middle ear at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $159.89 | $70.25 – $964.24 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $163.30 | $180.57 – $964.24 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $158.76 | $180.57 – $964.24 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $133.24 | $180.57 – $876.59 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $147.99 | $180.57 – $964.24 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $168.40 | $180.57 – $964.24 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $107.73 | $114.00 – $876.59 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $235.30 | $151.42 – $964.24 |