Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation 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

$55.86

Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$285.00

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.

$81.16 with Health Net vs $226.68 with Oscar Health Plan — 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
Health Net Medicaid $81.16 ↑ +45%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $81.16 ↑ +45%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $81.16 ↑ +45%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $81.16 ↑ +45%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $81.16 ↑ +45%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $95.76 ↑ +71%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $99.75 ↑ +79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $119.75 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $119.75 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $127.73 ↑ +129%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $128.25 ↑ +130%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $128.25 ↑ +130%
Aetna Joint Venture $131.67 ↑ +136%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $134.12 ↑ +140%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +146%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $137.38 ↑ +146%
Humana Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +146%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +146%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +146%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +146%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $137.38 ↑ +146%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $137.38 ↑ +146%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $137.38 ↑ +146%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $137.38 ↑ +146%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +146%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +146%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +146%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +146%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $137.38 ↑ +146%
Health Net Medicare $137.38 ↑ +146%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $137.38 ↑ +146%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↑ +146%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $138.22 ↑ +147%
Aetna Designated Group $139.94 ↑ +151%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $144.25 ↑ +158%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $144.25 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare UHC Core $144.50 ↑ +159%
Aetna Medical Rental $150.19 ↑ +169%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $151.12 ↑ +171%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $151.12 ↑ +171%
United Healthcare Commercial $152.19 ↑ +172%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $153.90 ↑ +176%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $159.67 ↑ +186%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $159.67 ↑ +186%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $159.67 ↑ +186%
Aetna Broad Network $164.44 ↑ +194%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $185.46 ↑ +232%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $186.84 ↑ +234%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $187.25 ↑ +235%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $192.33 ↑ +244%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $195.79 ↑ +251%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $199.50 ↑ +257%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $203.32 ↑ +264%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $206.07 ↑ +269%
Provider Network of America Commercial $213.75 ↑ +283%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $226.68 ↑ +306%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $55.29 $46.59 – $226.68
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $121.60 $26.11 – $433.83
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $116.90 $26.11 – $241.74
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $80.45 $26.11 – $251.79
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $44.07 $69.88 – $226.68
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $44.07 $69.88 – $226.68
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $65.84 $81.16 – $226.68
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $58.71 $81.16 – $228.00

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