Bowel imaging 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

$374.52

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.

$1,775.00

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 $1,915.38 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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 ↓ -27%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -27%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $273.41 ↓ -27%
Health Net Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -27%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +14%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $428.28 ↑ +14%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +14%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +14%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +14%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $428.28 ↑ +14%
Humana Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +14%
Health Net Medicare $428.28 ↑ +14%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +14%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $428.28 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +14%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $428.28 ↑ +14%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $428.28 ↑ +14%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +14%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $428.28 ↑ +14%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +14%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $428.28 ↑ +14%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↑ +20%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↑ +20%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↑ +26%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↑ +26%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $578.18 ↑ +54%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $582.46 ↑ +56%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $596.40 ↑ +59%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $599.59 ↑ +60%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $621.25 ↑ +66%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $633.85 ↑ +69%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $642.42 ↑ +72%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $706.66 ↑ +89%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $798.75 ↑ +113%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $798.75 ↑ +113%
Aetna Joint Venture $820.05 ↑ +119%
Aetna Designated Group $871.52 ↑ +133%
Aetna Medical Rental $935.42 ↑ +150%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $958.50 ↑ +156%
Aetna Broad Network $1,024.17 ↑ +173%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,166.17 ↑ +211%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,219.42 ↑ +226%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,242.50 ↑ +232%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,331.25 ↑ +255%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $1,436.54 ↑ +284%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,436.54 ↑ +284%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,532.31 ↑ +309%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,608.91 ↑ +330%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,617.92 ↑ +332%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,763.10 ↑ +371%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,909.17 ↑ +410%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,915.38 ↑ +411%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,915.38 ↑ +411%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,915.38 ↑ +411%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Bowel imaging at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $704.68 $273.41 – $1,331.25
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $1,016.89 $314.35 – $2,102.98
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $465.19 $264.74 – $1,456.07
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $478.99 $273.41 – $1,408.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $557.35 $273.41 – $1,331.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $376.30 $273.41 – $1,420.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $349.68 $273.41 – $1,331.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $376.30 $273.41 – $1,420.00

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