Amniocentesis therapeutic at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$1,097.92
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.
$2,837.00
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.
$204.07 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $2,556.83 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $204.07 | ↓ -81% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $204.07 | ↓ -81% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $204.07 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $204.07 | ↓ -81% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $204.07 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $324.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $340.42 | ↓ -69% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $340.42 | ↓ -69% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $356.63 | ↓ -68% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $356.63 | ↓ -68% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $437.68 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $440.93 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $453.89 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $479.83 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $486.31 | ↓ -56% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $534.95 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $953.23 | ↓ -13% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $992.95 | ↓ -10% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,276.65 | ↑ +16% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,276.65 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $1,310.69 | ↑ +19% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $1,375.94 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,392.97 | ↑ +27% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $1,438.36 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,495.10 | ↑ +36% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,514.96 | ↑ +38% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,531.98 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,636.95 | ↑ +49% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,863.91 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $1,917.62 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,917.62 | ↑ +75% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,949.02 | ↑ +78% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,985.90 | ↑ +81% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $2,045.46 | ↑ +86% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $2,127.75 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $2,147.72 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $2,556.83 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $2,556.83 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $2,556.83 | ↑ +133% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Amniocentesis therapeutic at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,015.65 | $204.07 – $2,127.75 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $435.87 | $182.79 – $901.39 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $182.79 – $333.94 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $467.54 | $204.07 – $1,030.40 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $785.85 | $204.07 – $2,127.75 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $1,004.30 | $204.07 – $2,127.75 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $1,095.08 | $204.07 – $2,127.75 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $870.96 | $204.07 – $2,127.75 |