Chloride 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

$13.90

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.

$88.00

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.

$4.60 with Wellpoint vs $60.00 with Provider Network of America — 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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $4.60 ↓ -67%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $4.60 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.60 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $4.60 ↓ -67%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $4.60 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $4.60 ↓ -67%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $4.60 ↓ -67%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $4.60 ↓ -67%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $4.60 ↓ -67%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $4.60 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.60 ↓ -67%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $4.60 ↓ -67%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $4.60 ↓ -67%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $4.60 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare Advantage $4.60 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicare $4.60 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid $4.60 ↓ -67%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $4.60 ↓ -67%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $4.60 ↓ -67%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $4.60 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $4.60 ↓ -67%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $4.60 ↓ -67%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $4.60 ↓ -67%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $4.83 ↓ -65%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $4.83 ↓ -65%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $5.06 ↓ -64%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.06 ↓ -64%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $6.21 ↓ -55%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $6.26 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $6.44 ↓ -54%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $6.81 ↓ -51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $6.90 ↓ -50%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $7.59 ↓ -45%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $8.07 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $8.51 ↓ -39%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $8.97 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare UHC Core $9.41 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Commercial $10.35 ↓ -26%
Aetna Joint Venture $15.45 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $15.80 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $15.80 ↑ +14%
Aetna Designated Group $16.41 ↑ +18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $16.85 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $17.69 ↑ +27%
Aetna Broad Network $19.31 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $21.06 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $21.06 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $21.06 ↑ +52%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $26.88 ↑ +93%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $28.00 ↑ +101%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $36.00 ↑ +159%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $36.00 ↑ +159%
Aetna Medical Rental $42.16 ↑ +203%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $43.20 ↑ +211%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $56.00 ↑ +303%
Provider Network of America Commercial $60.00 ↑ +332%

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Chloride at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $15.04 $4.60 – $51.75
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $35.50 $2.76 – $126.64
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Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $12.17 $4.60 – $39.20
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