Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation each separate additional episode same site 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

$10.43

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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.

$47.00

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.

$9.40 with Aetna vs $118.89 with Aetna — 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $9.40 ↓ -10%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $11.94 ↑ +14%
Health Net Medicaid $12.26 ↑ +18%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $12.26 ↑ +18%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $12.26 ↑ +18%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $12.26 ↑ +18%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $12.26 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $13.56 ↑ +30%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $14.10 ↑ +35%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $14.77 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare UHC Core $14.87 ↑ +43%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $15.79 ↑ +51%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $16.41 ↑ +57%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $16.45 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare Commercial $16.50 ↑ +58%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $18.80 ↑ +80%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $21.15 ↑ +103%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $21.15 ↑ +103%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $23.50 ↑ +125%
Health Net Medicare $23.50 ↑ +125%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $23.50 ↑ +125%
Aetna Medical Rental $24.77 ↑ +137%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $25.38 ↑ +143%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $25.38 ↑ +143%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $32.90 ↑ +215%
Provider Network of America Commercial $35.25 ↑ +238%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $37.60 ↑ +260%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $37.60 ↑ +260%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $40.11 ↑ +285%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $42.11 ↑ +304%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $50.13 ↑ +381%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $50.13 ↑ +381%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $50.13 ↑ +381%
Aetna Joint Venture $95.10 ↑ +812%
Aetna Designated Group $101.05 ↑ +869%
Aetna Broad Network $118.89 ↑ +1040%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation each separate additional episode same site at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $11.61 $9.40 – $35.25
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $39.16 $4.91 – $139.71
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $56.92 $3.44 – $117.71
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $31.74 $9.83 – $99.33
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $9.80 $8.00 – $32.08
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $9.44 $8.00 – $32.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $10.01 $9.40 – $37.60
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $27.54 $9.40 – $32.90

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