Red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit 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

$188.30

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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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$700.00

Gross charge

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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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$188.93 with Health Net vs $853.58 with Oscar Health Plan — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $188.93 ↑ +0%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $188.93 ↑ +0%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $188.93 ↑ +0%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $188.93 ↑ +0%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $188.93 ↑ +0%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $235.20 ↑ +25%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $245.00 ↑ +30%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $315.00 ↑ +67%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $315.00 ↑ +67%
Aetna Joint Venture $323.40 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $325.00 ↑ +73%
United Healthcare UHC Core $339.00 ↑ +80%
Aetna Designated Group $343.70 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare Commercial $357.00 ↑ +90%
Aetna Medical Rental $368.90 ↑ +96%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $378.00 ↑ +101%
Aetna Broad Network $403.90 ↑ +114%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $459.90 ↑ +144%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $480.90 ↑ +155%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $490.00 ↑ +160%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $517.32 ↑ +175%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $517.32 ↑ +175%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $517.32 ↑ +175%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $517.32 ↑ +175%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $517.32 ↑ +175%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $517.32 ↑ +175%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $517.32 ↑ +175%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $517.32 ↑ +175%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $517.32 ↑ +175%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $517.32 ↑ +175%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $517.32 ↑ +175%
Health Net Medicare $517.32 ↑ +175%
Humana Medicare Advantage $517.32 ↑ +175%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $517.32 ↑ +175%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $517.32 ↑ +175%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $517.32 ↑ +175%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $517.32 ↑ +175%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $517.32 ↑ +175%
Provider Network of America Commercial $525.00 ↑ +179%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $543.19 ↑ +188%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $543.19 ↑ +188%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $567.54 ↑ +201%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $567.54 ↑ +201%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $569.05 ↑ +202%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $569.05 ↑ +202%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $605.38 ↑ +221%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $635.64 ↑ +238%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $698.38 ↑ +271%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $703.56 ↑ +274%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $724.25 ↑ +285%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $756.72 ↑ +302%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $756.72 ↑ +302%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $756.72 ↑ +302%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $765.63 ↑ +307%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $775.98 ↑ +312%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $853.58 ↑ +353%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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Red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $179.20 $188.93 – $853.58
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $195.30 $188.93 – $853.58
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $118.30 $188.93 – $853.58
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $194.60 $188.93 – $853.58
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $79.10 $188.93 – $853.58
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $226.10 $188.93 – $775.98
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $208.60 $188.93 – $853.58
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $105.00 $188.93 – $853.58

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