Artery x-rays adrenals 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

$839.61

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.

$4,262.00

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.

$450.53 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $14,487.17 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $450.53 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $450.53 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $480.57 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $504.59 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $600.71 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $600.71 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $600.71 ↓ -28%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,432.03 ↑ +71%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,491.70 ↑ +78%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,917.90 ↑ +128%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,917.90 ↑ +128%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,969.04 ↑ +135%
Health Net Medicaid $2,074.70 ↑ +147%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $2,074.70 ↑ +147%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $2,074.70 ↑ +147%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $2,074.70 ↑ +147%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $2,074.70 ↑ +147%
Aetna Designated Group $2,092.64 ↑ +149%
Aetna Medical Rental $2,246.07 ↑ +168%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $2,301.48 ↑ +174%
Aetna Broad Network $2,459.17 ↑ +193%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $2,800.13 ↑ +234%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $2,927.99 ↑ +249%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,983.40 ↑ +255%
Provider Network of America Commercial $3,196.50 ↑ +281%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
Health Net Medicare $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +300%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $3,522.40 ↑ +320%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $3,522.40 ↑ +320%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,690.14 ↑ +340%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $3,690.14 ↑ +340%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $4,528.80 ↑ +439%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $4,562.35 ↑ +443%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $4,696.54 ↑ +459%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $4,964.91 ↑ +491%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $5,032.01 ↑ +499%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $5,535.21 ↑ +559%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $12,286.55 ↑ +1363%
United Healthcare UHC Core $13,389.06 ↑ +1495%
United Healthcare Commercial $14,487.17 ↑ +1625%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Artery x-rays adrenals at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $899.28 $175.28 – $5,535.21
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $2,138.82 $180.95 – $4,423.21
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,590.32 $230.78 – $5,535.21
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $1,975.07 $230.78 – $5,535.21
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $895.02 $450.53 – $5,535.21
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $1,176.31 $344.01 – $5,535.21
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $895.02 $230.78 – $5,032.01
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $1,116.64 $450.53 – $5,535.21

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