Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total 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

$30.65

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.

$194.00

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.

$64.41 with Wellpoint vs $295.12 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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $64.41 ↑ +110%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $64.41 ↑ +110%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +110%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +110%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $64.41 ↑ +110%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +110%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $64.41 ↑ +110%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $64.41 ↑ +110%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $64.41 ↑ +110%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +110%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +110%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +110%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $64.41 ↑ +110%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $64.41 ↑ +110%
Humana Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +110%
Health Net Medicare $64.41 ↑ +110%
Health Net Medicaid $64.41 ↑ +110%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +110%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $64.41 ↑ +110%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $64.41 ↑ +110%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +110%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $64.41 ↑ +110%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↑ +110%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $65.18 ↑ +113%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $67.63 ↑ +121%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $67.63 ↑ +121%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $67.90 ↑ +122%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $70.85 ↑ +131%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $70.85 ↑ +131%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $86.95 ↑ +184%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $87.30 ↑ +185%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $87.30 ↑ +185%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $87.60 ↑ +186%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $90.17 ↑ +194%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $95.33 ↑ +211%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $96.61 ↑ +215%
Aetna Medical Rental $102.24 ↑ +234%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $104.76 ↑ +242%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $106.28 ↑ +247%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $113.05 ↑ +269%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $119.14 ↑ +289%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $125.61 ↑ +310%
United Healthcare UHC Core $131.72 ↑ +330%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $135.80 ↑ +343%
United Healthcare Commercial $144.93 ↑ +373%
Provider Network of America Commercial $145.50 ↑ +375%
Aetna Joint Venture $216.29 ↑ +606%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $221.34 ↑ +622%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $221.34 ↑ +622%
Aetna Designated Group $229.81 ↑ +650%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $236.10 ↑ +670%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $247.90 ↑ +709%
Aetna Broad Network $270.39 ↑ +782%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $295.12 ↑ +863%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $295.12 ↑ +863%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $295.12 ↑ +863%

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Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $31.04 $64.41 – $145.50
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $57.94 $38.64 – $313.48
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $108.11 $27.05 – $203.03
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $63.38 $36.07 – $198.39
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $31.43 $64.41 – $155.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $30.26 $64.41 – $155.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $24.64 $64.41 – $145.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $29.29 $64.41 – $155.20

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