Bundle his recording 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

$1,830.56

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.

$5,564.00

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.

$1,947.40 with Hospice of the Valley vs $43,322.00 with Aetna — 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
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,947.40 ↑ +6%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $2,503.80 ↑ +37%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $2,503.80 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,698.54 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,820.95 ↑ +54%
Aetna Medical Rental $2,932.23 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,971.18 ↑ +62%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $3,004.56 ↑ +64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $3,651.98 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,651.98 ↑ +100%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $3,655.55 ↑ +100%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $3,822.47 ↑ +109%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $3,894.80 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,895.44 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $4,090.18 ↑ +123%
Provider Network of America Commercial $4,173.00 ↑ +128%
Health Net Medicaid $4,406.90 ↑ +141%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $4,406.90 ↑ +141%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $4,406.90 ↑ +141%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $4,406.90 ↑ +141%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $4,406.90 ↑ +141%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $4,869.30 ↑ +166%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,869.30 ↑ +166%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,869.30 ↑ +166%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
Health Net Medicare $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
Humana Medicare Advantage $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8,087.55 ↑ +342%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $8,491.93 ↑ +364%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $8,491.93 ↑ +364%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $8,896.31 ↑ +386%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8,896.31 ↑ +386%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $10,918.19 ↑ +496%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $10,999.07 ↑ +501%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $11,322.57 ↑ +519%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $11,969.57 ↑ +554%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $12,131.33 ↑ +563%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $13,344.46 ↑ +629%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $15,142.00 ↑ +727%
Aetna Joint Venture $34,658.00 ↑ +1793%
Aetna Designated Group $36,824.00 ↑ +1912%
Aetna Broad Network $43,322.00 ↑ +2267%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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