Magnesium at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$20.86
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.
$132.00
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.
$6.70 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $30.71 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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| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $6.70 | ↓ -68% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $7.04 | ↓ -66% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $7.04 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $7.06 | ↓ -66% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $7.35 | ↓ -65% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $7.37 | ↓ -65% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $7.37 | ↓ -65% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $9.04 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $9.11 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $9.38 | ↓ -55% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $9.45 | ↓ -55% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $9.45 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $9.92 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $10.05 | ↓ -52% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $11.05 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $11.07 | ↓ -47% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $11.34 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $11.77 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $12.39 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $13.08 | ↓ -37% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $13.70 | ↓ -34% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $14.70 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $15.07 | ↓ -28% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $15.75 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $22.50 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $23.03 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $23.03 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $23.91 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $24.57 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $25.80 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $28.13 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $30.71 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $30.71 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $30.71 | ↑ +47% |
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Magnesium at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $21.12 | $6.70 – $15.75 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $51.30 | $4.02 – $183.01 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $87.86 | $2.81 – $18.96 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $72.57 | $3.76 – $20.64 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $14.74 | $6.70 – $16.80 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $14.20 | $6.70 – $16.80 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $16.76 | $6.70 – $15.75 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $77.34 | $6.70 – $36.40 |