Nm imaging bone/joint whole body 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

$764.88

Cash price

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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.

$3,625.00

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.

$273.41 with Banner University Health Plan vs $2,718.75 with Provider Network of America — 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
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $273.41 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -64%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -64%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -64%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -44%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $428.28 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicare $428.28 ↓ -44%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -44%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -44%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $428.28 ↓ -44%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $428.28 ↓ -44%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $428.28 ↓ -44%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $428.28 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -44%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -44%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $428.28 ↓ -44%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $428.28 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↓ -41%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↓ -41%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↓ -38%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↓ -38%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $578.18 ↓ -24%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $582.46 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $599.59 ↓ -22%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $633.85 ↓ -17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $642.42 ↓ -16%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $706.66 ↓ -8%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,218.00 ↑ +59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $1,227.02 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,227.02 ↑ +60%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,268.75 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,308.82 ↑ +71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,374.25 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,617.92 ↑ +112%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,631.25 ↑ +113%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,631.25 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,636.03 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,636.03 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,636.03 ↑ +114%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,674.75 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,763.10 ↑ +131%
Aetna Designated Group $1,779.88 ↑ +133%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,909.17 ↑ +150%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,910.38 ↑ +150%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,957.50 ↑ +156%
Aetna Broad Network $2,091.62 ↑ +173%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $2,381.62 ↑ +211%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $2,490.38 ↑ +226%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,537.50 ↑ +232%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,718.75 ↑ +255%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Nm imaging bone/joint whole body at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,439.12 $273.41 – $2,718.75
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $1,206.36 $282.16 – $2,494.82
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $725.46 $282.16 – $2,270.73
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $662.05 $273.41 – $1,947.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $1,138.25 $273.41 – $2,718.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $768.50 $273.41 – $2,900.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $714.12 $273.41 – $2,718.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $768.50 $273.41 – $2,900.00

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