Cta upper extremity w &/or without contrast left at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$539.89
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.
$2,713.00
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.
$129.45 with Banner University Health Plan vs $2,034.75 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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| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $129.45 | ↓ -76% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $129.45 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $129.45 | ↓ -76% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $129.45 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $129.45 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $341.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $542.60 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $689.10 | ↑ +28% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $766.66 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $813.90 | ↑ +51% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $835.46 | ↑ +55% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $903.91 | ↑ +67% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $949.55 | ↑ +76% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,013.00 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $1,064.52 | ↑ +97% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,064.52 | ↑ +97% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $1,085.20 | ↑ +101% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,126.00 | ↑ +109% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,135.48 | ↑ +110% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,192.25 | ↑ +121% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,220.85 | ↑ +126% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,220.85 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $1,253.41 | ↑ +132% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,332.08 | ↑ +147% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $1,356.50 | ↑ +151% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,356.50 | ↑ +151% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,356.50 | ↑ +151% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,419.35 | ↑ +163% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,419.35 | ↑ +163% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,419.35 | ↑ +163% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,429.75 | ↑ +165% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,465.02 | ↑ +171% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,465.02 | ↑ +171% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,565.40 | ↑ +190% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,899.10 | ↑ +252% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $2,034.75 | ↑ +277% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Cta upper extremity w &/or without contrast left at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $450.36 | $129.45 – $2,034.75 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $489.15 | $189.74 – $1,745.12 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $872.49 | $189.74 – $1,804.36 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $299.39 | $129.45 – $1,842.40 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $292.48 | $129.45 – $1,842.40 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $425.94 | $129.45 – $2,034.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $431.37 | $129.45 – $2,170.40 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $447.65 | $129.45 – $2,034.75 |