Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$41.73
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.
$154.00
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.
$51.31 with Aetna vs $235.09 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 |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $51.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $51.74 | ↑ +24% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $53.88 | ↑ +29% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $53.88 | ↑ +29% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $53.90 | ↑ +29% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $56.44 | ↑ +35% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $56.44 | ↑ +35% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $69.27 | ↑ +66% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $69.30 | ↑ +66% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $69.30 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $69.78 | ↑ +67% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $71.83 | ↑ +72% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $75.94 | ↑ +82% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $76.97 | ↑ +84% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $81.16 | ↑ +94% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $83.16 | ↑ +99% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $84.66 | ↑ +103% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $90.05 | ↑ +116% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $94.90 | ↑ +127% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $100.05 | ↑ +140% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $104.92 | ↑ +151% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $107.80 | ↑ +158% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $115.45 | ↑ +177% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $115.50 | ↑ +177% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $172.30 | ↑ +313% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $176.32 | ↑ +323% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $176.32 | ↑ +323% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $183.07 | ↑ +339% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $188.07 | ↑ +351% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $197.47 | ↑ +373% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $215.40 | ↑ +416% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $235.09 | ↑ +463% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $235.09 | ↑ +463% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $235.09 | ↑ +463% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $34.03 | $51.31 – $115.50 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $48.32 | $30.78 – $367.23 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $173.05 | $21.55 – $161.16 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $73.61 | $29.96 – $164.78 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $152.10 | $51.31 – $123.20 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $25.72 | $51.31 – $123.20 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $34.34 | $51.31 – $115.50 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $90.23 | $51.31 – $107.80 |