Cine/video x-rays add-on at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$154.25
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.
$591.00
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.
$35.52 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $443.25 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.
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 | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $35.52 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $35.52 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $37.89 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $39.78 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $47.36 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $47.36 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $47.36 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $118.20 | ↓ -23% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $127.06 | ↓ -18% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $127.06 | ↓ -18% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $127.06 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $127.06 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $127.06 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $150.11 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $177.30 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $198.58 | ↑ +29% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $206.85 | ↑ +34% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $236.40 | ↑ +53% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $265.95 | ↑ +72% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $265.95 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $273.04 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $290.18 | ↑ +88% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $295.50 | ↑ +92% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $295.50 | ↑ +92% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $295.50 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $311.46 | ↑ +102% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $319.14 | ↑ +107% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $319.14 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $341.01 | ↑ +121% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $388.29 | ↑ +152% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $406.02 | ↑ +163% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $413.70 | ↑ +168% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $443.25 | ↑ +187% |
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Cine/video x-rays add-on at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $97.56 | $16.27 – $348.05 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $132.94 | $16.27 – $274.92 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $165.48 | $35.52 – $443.25 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $138.88 | $35.52 – $443.25 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $175.53 | $35.52 – $443.25 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $112.29 | $22.42 – $443.25 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $75.79 | $34.03 – $128.70 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $151.30 | $13.82 – $443.25 |