Amiodarone 50 mg/ml intravenous solution 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

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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.

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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.

$0.05 with Aetna vs $3.41 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $0.05 ↑ +400%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $0.07 ↑ +600%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $0.08 ↑ +700%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $0.09 ↑ +800%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $0.09 ↑ +800%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $0.10 ↑ +900%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $0.12 ↑ +1100%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $0.12 ↑ +1100%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $0.13 ↑ +1200%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $0.13 ↑ +1200%
Health Net Medicare $0.13 ↑ +1200%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $0.13 ↑ +1200%
United Healthcare UHC Core $0.13 ↑ +1200%
United Healthcare Commercial $0.14 ↑ +1300%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $0.14 ↑ +1300%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $0.14 ↑ +1300%
Aetna Medical Rental $0.14 ↑ +1300%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $0.18 ↑ +1700%
Provider Network of America Commercial $0.20 ↑ +1900%
Health Net Medicaid $0.51 ↑ +5000%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $0.51 ↑ +5000%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $0.51 ↑ +5000%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $0.51 ↑ +5000%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $0.51 ↑ +5000%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $0.76 ↑ +7500%
Aetna Joint Venture $0.78 ↑ +7700%
Aetna Designated Group $0.78 ↑ +7700%
Aetna Broad Network $0.78 ↑ +7700%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $0.84 ↑ +8300%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $2.55 ↑ +25400%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2.55 ↑ +25400%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2.72 ↑ +27100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2.86 ↑ +28500%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $3.41 ↑ +34000%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3.41 ↑ +34000%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3.41 ↑ +34000%

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Amiodarone 50 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $80.15 $0.40 – $44.12
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $52.72 $0.40 – $20.54
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $86.10 $0.40 – $41.58
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $113.53 $0.40 – $40.85
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $86.45 $0.40 – $44.12
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $93.80 $0.40 – $45.36

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