Fix g/colon tube w/device 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

$259.68

Cash price

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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.

$671.00

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.

$234.85 with Hospice of the Valley vs $5,506.00 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
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $234.85 ↓ -10%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $301.95 ↑ +16%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $301.95 ↑ +16%
Aetna Medical Rental $353.62 ↑ +36%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $362.34 ↑ +40%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $469.70 ↑ +81%
Provider Network of America Commercial $503.25 ↑ +94%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $586.96 ↑ +126%
Health Net Medicaid $586.96 ↑ +126%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $586.96 ↑ +126%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $586.96 ↑ +126%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $586.96 ↑ +126%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +285%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $999.27 ↑ +285%
Humana Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +285%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +285%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +285%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +285%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $999.27 ↑ +285%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $999.27 ↑ +285%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $999.27 ↑ +285%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $999.27 ↑ +285%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +285%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +285%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +285%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +285%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $999.27 ↑ +285%
Health Net Medicare $999.27 ↑ +285%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $999.27 ↑ +285%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +285%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,049.23 ↑ +304%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,049.23 ↑ +304%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $1,099.20 ↑ +323%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,099.20 ↑ +323%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +351%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $1,349.01 ↑ +419%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,359.01 ↑ +423%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $1,398.98 ↑ +439%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,478.92 ↑ +470%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,498.90 ↑ +477%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,648.80 ↑ +535%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,268.08 ↑ +1159%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $3,268.08 ↑ +1159%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,485.96 ↑ +1242%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $3,660.23 ↑ +1310%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +1447%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,357.45 ↑ +1578%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,357.45 ↑ +1578%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $4,357.45 ↑ +1578%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +1596%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +1619%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $4,640.00 ↑ +1687%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +1702%
United Healthcare UHC Core $4,850.00 ↑ +1768%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,105.00 ↑ +1866%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +2020%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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