Assist-bilat spinal disk surgery add-on 63035 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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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.

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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.

$3,624.41 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $16,820.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. — 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $3,624.41
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $3,624.41
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $3,624.41
Health Net Medicaid $3,624.41
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $3,624.41
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $3,646.44
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,646.44
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,889.54
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $4,083.99
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,861.93
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,861.93
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $4,861.93
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $15,138.00
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $16,820.00

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Assist-bilat spinal disk surgery add-on 63035 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix not published $1,418.64 – $15,138.00
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $241.75 – $2,286.78
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix not published $241.75 – $2,646.07
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $358.39 $241.75 – $458.85
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $241.75 – $2,709.29
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson not published $3,110.99 – $13,586.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City not published $2,784.31 – $15,138.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West not published $1,418.64 – $15,138.00

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