Intracranial complete study at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$260.13
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.
$1,151.00
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.
$166.84 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $1,726.52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -36% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -36% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $166.84 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $166.84 | ↓ -36% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $257.63 | ↓ -1% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $270.51 | ↑ +4% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $270.51 | ↑ +4% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $283.39 | ↑ +9% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $283.39 | ↑ +9% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $347.80 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $350.38 | ↑ +35% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $360.68 | ↑ +39% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $381.29 | ↑ +47% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $386.44 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $386.74 | ↑ +49% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $402.85 | ↑ +55% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $425.09 | ↑ +63% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $517.95 | ↑ +99% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $517.95 | ↑ +99% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $558.24 | ↑ +115% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $583.56 | ↑ +124% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $606.58 | ↑ +133% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $614.63 | ↑ +136% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $621.54 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $723.32 | ↑ +178% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $756.21 | ↑ +191% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $768.53 | ↑ +195% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $790.74 | ↑ +204% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $805.70 | ↑ +210% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $863.25 | ↑ +232% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $904.15 | ↑ +248% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $1,294.89 | ↑ +398% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,294.89 | ↑ +398% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,381.22 | ↑ +431% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,450.27 | ↑ +458% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,726.52 | ↑ +564% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,726.52 | ↑ +564% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,726.52 | ↑ +564% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Intracranial complete study at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $306.17 | $166.84 – $863.25 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $582.17 | $257.63 – $1,203.96 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $836.78 – $836.78 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $377.61 | $214.90 – $1,181.95 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $256.63 | $166.84 – $645.60 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $206.03 | $166.84 – $863.25 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $282.00 | $166.84 – $863.25 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $208.33 | $166.84 – $863.25 |