External newborn metabolic screening panel at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$63.20
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.
$244.00
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.
$48.80 with Aetna vs $252.24 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $48.80 | ↓ -23% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $52.46 | ↓ -17% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $52.46 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $52.46 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $52.46 | ↓ -17% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $52.46 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $61.98 | ↓ -2% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $73.20 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $81.98 | ↑ +30% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $85.40 | ↑ +35% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $97.60 | ↑ +54% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $109.80 | ↑ +74% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $109.80 | ↑ +74% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $112.73 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $119.80 | ↑ +90% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $122.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $122.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $122.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $128.59 | ↑ +103% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $131.76 | ↑ +108% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $131.76 | ↑ +108% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $140.79 | ↑ +123% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $160.31 | ↑ +154% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $167.63 | ↑ +165% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $170.80 | ↑ +170% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $183.00 | ↑ +190% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $189.18 | ↑ +199% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $189.18 | ↑ +199% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $201.79 | ↑ +219% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $211.88 | ↑ +235% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $252.24 | ↑ +299% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $252.24 | ↑ +299% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $252.24 | ↑ +299% |
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External newborn metabolic screening panel at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $40.42 | $47.00 – $176.25 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $169.46 | $27.41 – $604.58 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $279.63 | $139.08 – $578.28 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $168.27 | $95.76 – $526.68 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $41.00 | $40.00 – $161.40 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $39.28 | $48.80 – $195.20 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $70.03 | $48.80 – $183.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $47.58 | $48.80 – $195.20 |