Ghs mbp 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

$9.95

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.

$63.00

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.

$17.20 with Care 1st vs $78.83 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
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $17.20 ↑ +73%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $17.20 ↑ +73%
Humana Medicare Advantage $17.20 ↑ +73%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $17.20 ↑ +73%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $17.20 ↑ +73%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $17.20 ↑ +73%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $17.20 ↑ +73%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $17.20 ↑ +73%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $17.20 ↑ +73%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.20 ↑ +73%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $17.20 ↑ +73%
Health Net Medicaid $17.20 ↑ +73%
Health Net Medicare $17.20 ↑ +73%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $17.20 ↑ +73%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $17.20 ↑ +73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $17.20 ↑ +73%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $17.20 ↑ +73%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $17.20 ↑ +73%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.20 ↑ +73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.20 ↑ +73%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $17.20 ↑ +73%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $17.20 ↑ +73%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $17.20 ↑ +73%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $18.06 ↑ +82%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $18.06 ↑ +82%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.92 ↑ +90%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $18.92 ↑ +90%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $21.17 ↑ +113%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $22.05 ↑ +122%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $23.22 ↑ +133%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $23.39 ↑ +135%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $24.08 ↑ +142%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $25.46 ↑ +156%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $25.80 ↑ +159%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $28.35 ↑ +185%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $28.35 ↑ +185%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $28.38 ↑ +185%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $30.19 ↑ +203%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $31.81 ↑ +220%
Aetna Medical Rental $33.20 ↑ +234%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $33.54 ↑ +237%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $34.02 ↑ +242%
United Healthcare UHC Core $35.18 ↑ +254%
United Healthcare Commercial $38.70 ↑ +289%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $44.10 ↑ +343%
Provider Network of America Commercial $47.25 ↑ +375%
Aetna Joint Venture $57.76 ↑ +481%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $59.12 ↑ +494%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $59.12 ↑ +494%
Aetna Designated Group $61.37 ↑ +517%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $63.06 ↑ +534%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $66.21 ↑ +565%
Aetna Broad Network $72.21 ↑ +626%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $78.83 ↑ +692%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $78.83 ↑ +692%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $78.83 ↑ +692%

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Ghs mbp at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $10.08 $17.20 – $47.25
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $24.28 $10.32 – $86.61
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Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $16.93 $9.64 – $52.98
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $10.21 $17.20 – $50.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $9.83 $17.20 – $50.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $8.00 $17.20 – $47.25
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