Aquatic exercise - group charge 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

$35.91

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.

$120.00

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.

$24.00 with Aetna vs $265.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $24.00 ↓ -33%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $25.80 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicaid $25.80 ↓ -28%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $25.80 ↓ -28%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $30.48 ↓ -15%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $36.00 ↑ +0%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $42.00 ↑ +17%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $48.00 ↑ +34%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $54.00 ↑ +50%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $54.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna Joint Venture $55.44 ↑ +54%
Aetna Designated Group $58.92 ↑ +64%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $60.00 ↑ +67%
Health Net Medicare $60.00 ↑ +67%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $60.00 ↑ +67%
Aetna Medical Rental $63.24 ↑ +76%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $64.80 ↑ +80%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $64.80 ↑ +80%
Aetna Broad Network $69.24 ↑ +93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $74.63 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $74.63 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $79.61 ↑ +122%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $81.00 ↑ +126%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $83.59 ↑ +133%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $84.00 ↑ +134%
Provider Network of America Commercial $90.00 ↑ +151%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $99.51 ↑ +177%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $99.51 ↑ +177%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $99.51 ↑ +177%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $203.00 ↑ +465%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $225.00 ↑ +527%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $241.00 ↑ +571%
United Healthcare UHC Core $252.00 ↑ +602%
United Healthcare Commercial $265.00 ↑ +638%

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Aquatic exercise - group charge at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $39.48 $24.00 – $241.00
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $49.70 $18.95 – $96.41
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $248.69 $18.95 – $87.69
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $31.88 $20.20 – $268.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $29.85 $20.20 – $268.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $28.94 $24.00 – $241.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $29.50 $24.00 – $235.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $31.94 $24.00 – $241.00

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