Card MRI veloc flow mapping at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$395.61
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.
$1,322.00
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.
$186.86 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $1,496.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. — 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $186.86 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $186.86 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $199.32 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $209.28 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $249.15 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $249.15 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $249.15 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $264.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $284.23 | ↓ -28% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $284.23 | ↓ -28% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $284.23 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $284.23 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $284.23 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $335.79 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $396.60 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $444.19 | ↑ +12% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $462.70 | ↑ +17% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $528.80 | ↑ +34% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $594.90 | ↑ +50% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $594.90 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $610.76 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $649.10 | ↑ +64% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $661.00 | ↑ +67% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $661.00 | ↑ +67% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $661.00 | ↑ +67% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $696.69 | ↑ +76% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $713.88 | ↑ +80% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $713.88 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $762.79 | ↑ +93% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $925.40 | ↑ +134% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $991.50 | ↑ +151% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,346.00 | ↑ +240% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,496.00 | ↑ +278% |
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Card MRI veloc flow mapping at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $182.44 | $72.70 – $1,346.00 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $954.24 | $48.99 – $1,973.42 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $616.48 | $48.99 – $2,506.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $351.82 | $67.14 – $2,010.40 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $742.79 | $67.14 – $2,010.40 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $326.53 | $186.86 – $1,346.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $318.81 | $142.68 – $1,346.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $288.20 | $186.86 – $1,346.00 |