Creatine - sendout at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$9.48
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.
$60.00
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.
$4.64 with Wellpoint vs $45.00 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.
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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| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $4.64 | ↓ -51% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $4.87 | ↓ -49% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $4.87 | ↓ -49% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $5.10 | ↓ -46% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5.10 | ↓ -46% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $6.26 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $6.31 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $6.50 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $6.87 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $6.96 | ↓ -27% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $7.66 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $8.15 | ↓ -14% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $8.58 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $9.06 | ↓ -4% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $9.50 | ↑ +0% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $10.44 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $15.58 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $15.94 | ↑ +68% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $15.94 | ↑ +68% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $16.56 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $17.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $17.85 | ↑ +88% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $19.48 | ↑ +105% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $20.16 | ↑ +113% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $21.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $21.25 | ↑ +124% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $21.25 | ↑ +124% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $21.25 | ↑ +124% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $27.00 | ↑ +185% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $27.00 | ↑ +185% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $31.62 | ↑ +234% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $32.40 | ↑ +242% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $42.00 | ↑ +343% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $45.00 | ↑ +375% |
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Creatine - sendout at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $9.60 | $4.64 – $45.00 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $19.01 | $2.78 – $67.82 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $52.30 | $4.64 – $162.97 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $9.72 | $4.64 – $48.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $9.36 | $4.64 – $48.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $7.62 | $4.64 – $45.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $9.06 | $4.64 – $48.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $6.78 | $4.64 – $45.00 |