Blood typing patient serum at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$39.63
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.
$153.00
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.
$16.34 with Wellpoint vs $114.75 with Provider Network of America — 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 |
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| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $16.34 | ↓ -59% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $17.16 | ↓ -57% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $17.16 | ↓ -57% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $17.97 | ↓ -55% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $17.97 | ↓ -55% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $22.06 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $22.22 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $22.88 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $24.18 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $24.51 | ↓ -38% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $26.96 | ↓ -32% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $28.67 | ↓ -28% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $30.22 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $31.86 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $33.42 | ↓ -16% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $36.77 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $51.41 | ↑ +30% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $53.55 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $54.87 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $58.30 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $63.61 | ↑ +61% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $63.61 | ↑ +61% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $67.85 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $68.60 | ↑ +73% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $68.85 | ↑ +74% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $68.85 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $71.24 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $80.63 | ↑ +103% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $82.62 | ↑ +108% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $84.82 | ↑ +114% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $84.82 | ↑ +114% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $84.82 | ↑ +114% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $107.10 | ↑ +170% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $114.75 | ↑ +190% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Blood typing patient serum at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $26.32 | $16.34 – $114.75 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $32.75 | $9.80 – $116.84 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $31.36 | $16.34 – $122.40 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $27.08 | $16.34 – $122.40 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $88.89 | $16.34 – $114.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $24.63 | $16.34 – $122.40 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $43.91 | $16.34 – $114.75 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $29.84 | $16.34 – $122.40 |