Bundled special stain group 2 at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$76.32
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.
$309.00
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.
$24.53 with Health Net vs $330.26 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.
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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| Health Net | Medicaid | $24.53 | ↓ -68% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $24.53 | ↓ -68% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $24.53 | ↓ -68% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $24.53 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $24.53 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $62.59 | ↓ -18% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $70.70 | ↓ -7% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $76.14 | ↓ -0% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $92.40 | ↑ +21% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $96.25 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $119.77 | ↑ +57% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $123.75 | ↑ +62% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $123.75 | ↑ +62% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $133.08 | ↑ +74% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $137.38 | ↑ +80% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $144.25 | ↑ +89% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $144.25 | ↑ +89% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $144.93 | ↑ +90% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $148.50 | ↑ +95% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $151.12 | ↑ +98% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $151.12 | ↑ +98% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $185.46 | ↑ +143% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $186.84 | ↑ +145% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $192.33 | ↑ +152% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $192.50 | ↑ +152% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $203.32 | ↑ +166% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $206.07 | ↑ +170% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $206.25 | ↑ +170% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $226.68 | ↑ +197% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $230.47 | ↑ +202% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $230.47 | ↑ +202% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $245.83 | ↑ +222% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $258.12 | ↑ +238% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $264.17 | ↑ +246% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $280.69 | ↑ +268% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $307.29 | ↑ +303% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $307.29 | ↑ +303% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $307.29 | ↑ +303% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $330.26 | ↑ +333% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $85.90 | $24.53 – $226.68 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $81.99 | $34.96 – $325.00 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $294.91 | $24.48 – $180.91 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $461.73 | $69.94 – $423.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $72.88 | $24.53 – $226.68 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $77.28 | $24.53 – $226.68 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $67.98 | $24.53 – $226.68 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $67.67 | $24.53 – $226.68 |