Ghs urine, porphyrins quant at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$9.80
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.
$62.00
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.
$14.71 with Aetna vs $67.41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $14.71 | ↑ +50% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $15.45 | ↑ +58% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $15.45 | ↑ +58% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $16.18 | ↑ +65% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $16.18 | ↑ +65% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $19.86 | ↑ +103% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $20.01 | ↑ +104% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $20.59 | ↑ +110% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $20.83 | ↑ +113% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $21.70 | ↑ +121% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $21.77 | ↑ +122% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $22.07 | ↑ +125% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $24.27 | ↑ +148% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $25.81 | ↑ +163% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $27.21 | ↑ +178% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $27.90 | ↑ +185% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $27.90 | ↑ +185% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $28.68 | ↑ +193% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $30.09 | ↑ +207% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $32.67 | ↑ +233% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $33.10 | ↑ +238% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $33.48 | ↑ +242% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $43.40 | ↑ +343% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $46.50 | ↑ +374% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $49.40 | ↑ +404% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $50.56 | ↑ +416% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $50.56 | ↑ +416% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $52.49 | ↑ +436% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $53.93 | ↑ +450% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $56.62 | ↑ +478% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $61.75 | ↑ +530% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $67.41 | ↑ +588% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $67.41 | ↑ +588% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $67.41 | ↑ +588% |
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Ghs urine, porphyrins quant at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $9.92 | $14.71 – $46.50 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $20.84 | $8.82 – $71.57 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $34.77 | $6.18 – $69.52 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $14.48 | $8.24 – $45.31 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $10.04 | $14.71 – $49.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $9.67 | $14.71 – $49.60 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $7.87 | $14.71 – $46.50 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $9.36 | $14.71 – $49.60 |