Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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

$383.18

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.

$1,816.00

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.

$273.41 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $1,909.17 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
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -29%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -29%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $273.41 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -29%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -29%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Humana Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Health Net Medicare $428.28 ↑ +12%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $428.28 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $428.28 ↑ +12%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $428.28 ↑ +12%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $428.28 ↑ +12%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $428.28 ↑ +12%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↑ +17%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↑ +17%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↑ +23%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↑ +23%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $578.18 ↑ +51%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $582.46 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $599.59 ↑ +56%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $610.18 ↑ +59%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $633.85 ↑ +65%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $635.60 ↑ +66%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $642.42 ↑ +68%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $706.66 ↑ +84%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $817.20 ↑ +113%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $817.20 ↑ +113%
Aetna Joint Venture $838.99 ↑ +119%
Aetna Designated Group $891.66 ↑ +133%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $949.64 ↑ +148%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $949.64 ↑ +148%
Aetna Medical Rental $957.03 ↑ +150%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $980.64 ↑ +156%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,012.95 ↑ +164%
Aetna Broad Network $1,047.83 ↑ +173%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,063.58 ↑ +178%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,193.11 ↑ +211%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,247.59 ↑ +226%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,266.18 ↑ +230%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,266.18 ↑ +230%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,266.18 ↑ +230%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,271.20 ↑ +232%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,362.00 ↑ +255%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,617.92 ↑ +322%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,763.10 ↑ +360%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,909.17 ↑ +398%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $720.95 $273.41 – $1,362.00
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $856.45 $216.36 – $1,771.18
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $503.20 $273.41 – $1,480.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $570.22 $273.41 – $1,362.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $384.99 $273.41 – $1,452.80
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $357.75 $273.41 – $1,362.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $384.99 $273.41 – $1,452.80
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $508.48 $273.41 – $1,362.00

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