Hematocrit 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

$1.81

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.

$8.00

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.

$2.37 with Care 1st vs $10.91 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 $2.37 ↑ +31%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $2.37 ↑ +31%
Humana Medicare Advantage $2.37 ↑ +31%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $2.37 ↑ +31%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $2.37 ↑ +31%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $2.37 ↑ +31%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $2.37 ↑ +31%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $2.37 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $2.37 ↑ +31%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2.37 ↑ +31%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $2.37 ↑ +31%
Health Net Medicaid $2.37 ↑ +31%
Health Net Medicare $2.37 ↑ +31%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $2.37 ↑ +31%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $2.37 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $2.37 ↑ +31%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $2.37 ↑ +31%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $2.37 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2.37 ↑ +31%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2.37 ↑ +31%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $2.37 ↑ +31%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $2.37 ↑ +31%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $2.37 ↑ +31%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $2.49 ↑ +38%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $2.49 ↑ +38%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2.61 ↑ +44%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $2.61 ↑ +44%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $2.69 ↑ +49%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $2.80 ↑ +55%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $3.20 ↑ +77%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $3.22 ↑ +78%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $3.32 ↑ +83%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $3.51 ↑ +94%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $3.56 ↑ +97%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $3.60 ↑ +99%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $3.60 ↑ +99%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $3.91 ↑ +116%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4.16 ↑ +130%
Aetna Medical Rental $4.22 ↑ +133%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $4.32 ↑ +139%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $4.38 ↑ +142%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4.62 ↑ +155%
United Healthcare UHC Core $4.85 ↑ +168%
United Healthcare Commercial $5.34 ↑ +195%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $5.60 ↑ +209%
Provider Network of America Commercial $6.00 ↑ +231%
Aetna Joint Venture $7.96 ↑ +340%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $8.18 ↑ +352%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $8.18 ↑ +352%
Aetna Designated Group $8.46 ↑ +367%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $8.73 ↑ +382%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $9.16 ↑ +406%
Aetna Broad Network $9.95 ↑ +450%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $10.91 ↑ +503%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $10.91 ↑ +503%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $10.91 ↑ +503%

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Hematocrit at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $24.97 $1.42 – $89.06
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $38.59 $1.00 – $79.79
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $27.31 $2.37 – $85.47
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $3.60 $2.37 – $6.00
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $4.69 $2.37 – $5.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $1.70 $2.37 – $6.00
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $1.81 $2.37 – $6.00
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler $2.22 $2.37 – $6.00

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