_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at Banner Estrella Medical Center

9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200

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

$94.04

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.

$347.00

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.

$50.00 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $528.63 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $50.00 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $115.36 ↑ +23%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +23%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $115.36 ↑ +23%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $115.36 ↑ +23%
Humana Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +23%
Health Net Medicare $115.36 ↑ +23%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +23%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +23%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $115.36 ↑ +23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $115.36 ↑ +23%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +23%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +23%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $115.36 ↑ +23%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $115.36 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $115.36 ↑ +23%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $116.59 ↑ +24%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $121.13 ↑ +29%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $121.13 ↑ +29%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $121.45 ↑ +29%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $126.90 ↑ +35%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $126.90 ↑ +35%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $155.74 ↑ +66%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $156.15 ↑ +66%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $156.15 ↑ +66%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $156.89 ↑ +67%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $161.50 ↑ +72%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $170.73 ↑ +82%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $173.04 ↑ +84%
Aetna Medical Rental $182.87 ↑ +94%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $187.38 ↑ +99%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $190.34 ↑ +102%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $202.45 ↑ +115%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $213.37 ↑ +127%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $224.94 ↑ +139%
United Healthcare UHC Core $235.89 ↑ +151%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $242.90 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare Commercial $259.56 ↑ +176%
Provider Network of America Commercial $260.25 ↑ +177%
Aetna Joint Venture $387.38 ↑ +312%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $396.47 ↑ +322%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $396.47 ↑ +322%
Aetna Designated Group $411.60 ↑ +338%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $422.91 ↑ +350%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $444.05 ↑ +372%
Aetna Broad Network $484.28 ↑ +415%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $528.63 ↑ +462%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $528.63 ↑ +462%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $528.63 ↑ +462%

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_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $76.69 $50.00 – $260.25
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $300.22 $69.21 – $561.40
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $227.68 $48.45 – $364.19
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $295.70 $64.54 – $354.97
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $81.20 $50.00 – $277.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $61.42 $50.00 – $277.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $201.61 $50.00 – $260.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $63.15 $50.00 – $277.60

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