Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis b 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

$34.96

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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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$129.00

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.

$42.84 with Aetna vs $196.31 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 $42.84 ↑ +23%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $42.84 ↑ +23%
Humana Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +23%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +23%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $42.84 ↑ +23%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $42.84 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +23%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +23%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $42.84 ↑ +23%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $42.84 ↑ +23%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $42.84 ↑ +23%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $42.84 ↑ +23%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $42.84 ↑ +23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $42.84 ↑ +23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $42.84 ↑ +23%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +23%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +23%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $42.84 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +23%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↑ +23%
Health Net Medicaid $42.84 ↑ +23%
Health Net Medicare $42.84 ↑ +23%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $43.34 ↑ +24%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $44.98 ↑ +29%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $44.98 ↑ +29%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $45.15 ↑ +29%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $47.12 ↑ +35%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $47.12 ↑ +35%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $57.83 ↑ +65%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $58.05 ↑ +66%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $58.05 ↑ +66%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $58.26 ↑ +67%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $59.98 ↑ +72%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $63.40 ↑ +81%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $64.26 ↑ +84%
Aetna Medical Rental $67.98 ↑ +94%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $69.66 ↑ +99%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $70.69 ↑ +102%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $75.19 ↑ +115%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $79.23 ↑ +127%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $83.55 ↑ +139%
United Healthcare UHC Core $87.60 ↑ +151%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $90.30 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare Commercial $96.39 ↑ +176%
Provider Network of America Commercial $96.75 ↑ +177%
Aetna Joint Venture $143.86 ↑ +311%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $147.23 ↑ +321%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $147.23 ↑ +321%
Aetna Designated Group $152.85 ↑ +337%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $157.04 ↑ +349%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $164.90 ↑ +372%
Aetna Broad Network $179.84 ↑ +414%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $196.31 ↑ +462%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $196.31 ↑ +462%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $196.31 ↑ +462%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis b at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $28.51 $42.84 – $96.75
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $198.78 $25.70 – $709.16
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $74.11 $17.99 – $79.00
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $42.16 $24.00 – $131.95
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $30.19 $42.84 – $103.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $21.54 $42.84 – $103.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $28.77 $42.84 – $96.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $23.48 $42.84 – $103.20

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