Electrode stimulation brain at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$259.88
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.
$890.00
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.
$299.04 with Aetna vs $1,789.18 with Oscar Health Plan — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $299.04 | ↑ +15% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $311.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $400.50 | ↑ +54% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $400.50 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $411.18 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $412.65 | ↑ +59% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $412.65 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $436.99 | ↑ +68% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $440.16 | ↑ +69% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $462.16 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $469.03 | ↑ +80% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $480.60 | ↑ +85% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $513.53 | ↑ +98% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $550.20 | ↑ +112% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $550.20 | ↑ +112% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $550.20 | ↑ +112% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $584.73 | ↑ +125% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $611.43 | ↑ +135% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $623.00 | ↑ +140% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $666.87 | ↑ +157% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $666.87 | ↑ +157% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $666.87 | ↑ +157% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $666.87 | ↑ +157% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $666.87 | ↑ +157% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $667.50 | ↑ +157% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $796.00 | ↑ +206% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $832.00 | ↑ +220% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $876.00 | ↑ +237% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,084.35 | ↑ +317% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $1,138.57 | ↑ +338% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $1,138.57 | ↑ +338% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $1,192.79 | ↑ +359% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,192.79 | ↑ +359% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $1,463.87 | ↑ +463% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,474.72 | ↑ +467% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $1,518.09 | ↑ +484% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,604.84 | ↑ +518% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,626.53 | ↑ +526% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,789.18 | ↑ +588% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Electrode stimulation brain at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $376.47 | $160.54 – $1,789.18 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $951.95 | $344.74 – $1,968.68 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $662.72 | $352.05 – $1,789.18 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $329.84 | $247.96 – $1,789.18 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $194.91 | $299.04 – $1,789.18 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $416.52 | $299.04 – $1,789.18 |
| Banner Ocotillo Medical Center | Chandler | $269.22 | $299.04 – $1,789.18 |