Plcmt dlyd xtn pros 1st vsl at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$3,579.75
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.
$9,250.00
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.
$1,850.00 with Aetna vs $13,084.95 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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $1,850.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1,988.75 | ↓ -44% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,988.75 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,988.75 | ↓ -44% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $1,988.75 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,988.75 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $2,349.50 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $2,775.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $3,237.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $3,700.00 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,018.00 | ↑ +12% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $4,162.50 | ↑ +16% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $4,162.50 | ↑ +16% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,464.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $4,625.00 | ↑ +29% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $4,625.00 | ↑ +29% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $4,625.00 | ↑ +29% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $4,640.00 | ↑ +30% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $4,850.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $4,874.75 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $4,972.00 | ↑ +39% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $4,995.00 | ↑ +40% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $4,995.00 | ↑ +40% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $5,105.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $6,475.00 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $6,758.00 | ↑ +89% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $6,937.50 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $7,180.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $8,447.00 | ↑ +136% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $9,813.71 | ↑ +174% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $9,813.71 | ↑ +174% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $10,467.96 | ↑ +192% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $10,991.27 | ↑ +207% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $13,084.95 | ↑ +266% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $13,084.95 | ↑ +266% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $13,084.95 | ↑ +266% |
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Plcmt dlyd xtn pros 1st vsl at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $3,311.50 | $1,850.00 – $6,937.50 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $810.00 – $6,154.45 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | not published | $810.00 – $7,121.40 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $2,857.54 | $810.00 – $8,944.32 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $2,673.25 | $1,850.00 – $7,493.45 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $2,950.75 | $1,850.00 – $7,400.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $3,274.50 | $1,850.00 – $9,813.71 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $8,639.85 | $810.00 – $1,536.15 |