Fibrinolytic plasminogen 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

$18.98

Cash price

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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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$84.00

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.

$17.19 with Aetna vs $78.76 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.

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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 $17.19 ↓ -9%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $17.19 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare Advantage $17.19 ↓ -9%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $17.19 ↓ -9%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $17.19 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $17.19 ↓ -9%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.19 ↓ -9%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $17.19 ↓ -9%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $17.19 ↓ -9%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $17.19 ↓ -9%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $17.19 ↓ -9%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $17.19 ↓ -9%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $17.19 ↓ -9%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $17.19 ↓ -9%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $17.19 ↓ -9%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $17.19 ↓ -9%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $17.19 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $17.19 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $17.19 ↓ -9%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.19 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicaid $17.19 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicare $17.19 ↓ -9%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $17.19 ↓ -9%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $18.05 ↓ -5%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $18.05 ↓ -5%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $18.91 ↓ -0%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.91 ↓ -0%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $23.21 ↑ +22%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $23.38 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $24.07 ↑ +27%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $25.44 ↑ +34%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $25.79 ↑ +36%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $28.22 ↑ +49%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $28.36 ↑ +49%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $29.40 ↑ +55%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $30.16 ↑ +59%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $31.80 ↑ +68%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $33.51 ↑ +77%
United Healthcare UHC Core $35.15 ↑ +85%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $37.80 ↑ +99%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $37.80 ↑ +99%
United Healthcare Commercial $38.69 ↑ +104%
Aetna Medical Rental $44.27 ↑ +133%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $45.36 ↑ +139%
Aetna Joint Venture $57.72 ↑ +204%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $58.80 ↑ +210%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $59.07 ↑ +211%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $59.07 ↑ +211%
Aetna Designated Group $61.33 ↑ +223%
Provider Network of America Commercial $63.00 ↑ +232%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $63.01 ↑ +232%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $66.16 ↑ +249%
Aetna Broad Network $72.16 ↑ +280%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $78.76 ↑ +315%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $78.76 ↑ +315%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $78.76 ↑ +315%

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Fibrinolytic plasminogen at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $15.37 $17.19 – $63.00
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $56.57 $10.31 – $201.80
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $94.36 $7.22 – $195.13
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $16.92 $9.63 – $52.95
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $11.51 $17.19 – $67.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $10.92 $17.19 – $67.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $37.80 $17.19 – $63.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $15.54 $17.19 – $67.20

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