Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging 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

$388.66

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.

$1,842.00

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.

$354.82 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $2,477.59 with United Healthcare — 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 Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $354.82 ↓ -9%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $354.82 ↓ -9%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $354.82 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicaid $354.82 ↓ -9%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $354.82 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +48%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +48%
Health Net Medicare $573.70 ↑ +48%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +48%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $573.70 ↑ +48%
Humana Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +48%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +48%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $573.70 ↑ +48%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $573.70 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +48%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $573.70 ↑ +48%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $573.70 ↑ +48%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +48%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $573.70 ↑ +48%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $573.70 ↑ +48%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +48%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +48%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $602.38 ↑ +55%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $602.38 ↑ +55%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $618.91 ↑ +59%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $631.07 ↑ +62%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $631.07 ↑ +62%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $644.70 ↑ +66%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $774.50 ↑ +99%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $780.23 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $803.18 ↑ +107%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $828.90 ↑ +113%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $828.90 ↑ +113%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $849.08 ↑ +118%
Aetna Joint Venture $851.00 ↑ +119%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $860.55 ↑ +121%
Aetna Designated Group $904.42 ↑ +133%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $946.61 ↑ +144%
Aetna Medical Rental $970.73 ↑ +150%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $994.68 ↑ +156%
Aetna Broad Network $1,062.83 ↑ +173%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,210.19 ↑ +211%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,265.45 ↑ +226%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $1,265.99 ↑ +226%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,265.99 ↑ +226%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,289.40 ↑ +232%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,350.39 ↑ +247%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,381.50 ↑ +255%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,417.90 ↑ +265%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,687.99 ↑ +334%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,687.99 ↑ +334%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,687.99 ↑ +334%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,100.33 ↑ +440%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,288.79 ↑ +489%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,477.59 ↑ +537%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $731.27 $354.82 – $1,381.50
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $1,153.26 $288.60 – $2,385.01
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $498.15 $283.50 – $1,559.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $580.99 $354.82 – $1,708.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $578.39 $354.82 – $1,381.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $390.50 $354.82 – $1,473.60
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $390.50 $354.82 – $1,473.60
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $515.76 $354.82 – $1,381.50

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