Herpes simplex virus isolation 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

$27.64

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.

$102.00

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.

$33.86 with Aetna vs $155.19 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 $33.86 ↑ +23%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $33.86 ↑ +23%
Humana Medicare Advantage $33.86 ↑ +23%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $33.86 ↑ +23%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $33.86 ↑ +23%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $33.86 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $33.86 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $33.86 ↑ +23%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $33.86 ↑ +23%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $33.86 ↑ +23%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $33.86 ↑ +23%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $33.86 ↑ +23%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $33.86 ↑ +23%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $33.86 ↑ +23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $33.86 ↑ +23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $33.86 ↑ +23%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $33.86 ↑ +23%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $33.86 ↑ +23%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $33.86 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $33.86 ↑ +23%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $33.86 ↑ +23%
Health Net Medicaid $33.86 ↑ +23%
Health Net Medicare $33.86 ↑ +23%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $34.27 ↑ +24%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $35.55 ↑ +29%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $35.55 ↑ +29%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $35.70 ↑ +29%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $37.25 ↑ +35%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $37.25 ↑ +35%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $45.71 ↑ +65%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $45.90 ↑ +66%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $45.90 ↑ +66%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $46.05 ↑ +67%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $47.40 ↑ +71%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $50.11 ↑ +81%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $50.79 ↑ +84%
Aetna Medical Rental $53.75 ↑ +94%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $55.08 ↑ +99%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $55.87 ↑ +102%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $59.43 ↑ +115%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $62.63 ↑ +127%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $66.03 ↑ +139%
United Healthcare UHC Core $69.24 ↑ +151%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $71.40 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare Commercial $76.19 ↑ +176%
Provider Network of America Commercial $76.50 ↑ +177%
Aetna Joint Venture $113.70 ↑ +311%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $116.39 ↑ +321%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $116.39 ↑ +321%
Aetna Designated Group $120.81 ↑ +337%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $124.15 ↑ +349%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $130.36 ↑ +372%
Aetna Broad Network $142.14 ↑ +414%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $155.19 ↑ +461%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $155.19 ↑ +461%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $155.19 ↑ +461%

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Herpes simplex virus isolation at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $22.54 $33.86 – $76.50
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $98.47 $20.31 – $164.75
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $42.81 $18.90 – $103.95
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $23.87 $33.86 – $81.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $17.03 $33.86 – $81.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $22.75 $33.86 – $76.50
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $59.76 $33.86 – $71.40
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $18.56 $33.86 – $81.60

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