Cine/video x-rays 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

$590.90

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.

$2,264.00

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.

$79.00 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $1,698.00 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
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -87%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -87%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -87%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $79.00 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $113.34 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -81%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $113.34 ↓ -81%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $113.34 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicare $113.34 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -81%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $113.34 ↓ -81%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $113.34 ↓ -81%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -81%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -81%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -81%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $113.34 ↓ -81%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $113.34 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -81%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -81%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↓ -80%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↓ -80%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $124.67 ↓ -79%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $124.67 ↓ -79%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $153.01 ↓ -74%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $154.14 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $158.68 ↓ -73%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $167.74 ↓ -72%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $170.01 ↓ -71%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $187.01 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $397.47 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $397.47 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $423.96 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $445.16 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $467.28 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare UHC Core $509.21 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $529.96 ↓ -10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $529.96 ↓ -10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $529.96 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Commercial $551.65 ↓ -7%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $760.70 ↑ +29%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $792.40 ↑ +34%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,018.80 ↑ +72%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,018.80 ↑ +72%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,045.97 ↑ +77%
Aetna Designated Group $1,111.62 ↑ +88%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,193.13 ↑ +102%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,222.56 ↑ +107%
Aetna Broad Network $1,306.33 ↑ +121%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,487.45 ↑ +152%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,555.37 ↑ +163%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,584.80 ↑ +168%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,698.00 ↑ +187%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Cine/video x-rays at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $665.45 $113.34 – $1,376.18
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $633.92 $79.00 – $1,698.00
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $532.04 $79.00 – $1,698.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $672.41 $79.00 – $1,698.00
Banner Goldfield Medical Center Apache Junction $430.16 $79.00 – $1,698.00
Banner Payson Medical Center Payson $355.63 $79.00 – $603.90
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $579.58 $72.99 – $1,698.00

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