Throat x-ray & fluoroscopy at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$137.81
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.
$528.00
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.
$58.65 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $476.42 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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| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $58.65 | ↓ -57% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $58.65 | ↓ -57% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $58.65 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $58.65 | ↓ -57% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $58.65 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $93.85 | ↓ -32% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $98.54 | ↓ -28% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $98.54 | ↓ -28% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $103.23 | ↓ -25% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $103.23 | ↓ -25% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $126.70 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $127.64 | ↓ -7% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $131.39 | ↓ -5% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $138.90 | ↑ +1% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $140.78 | ↑ +2% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $154.85 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $177.41 | ↑ +29% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $184.80 | ↑ +34% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $237.60 | ↑ +72% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $237.60 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $243.94 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $259.25 | ↑ +88% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $278.26 | ↑ +102% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $285.12 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $304.66 | ↑ +121% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $346.90 | ↑ +152% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $347.17 | ↑ +152% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $357.31 | ↑ +159% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $357.31 | ↑ +159% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $362.74 | ↑ +163% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $369.60 | ↑ +168% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $378.33 | ↑ +175% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $381.13 | ↑ +177% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $396.00 | ↑ +187% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $400.19 | ↑ +190% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $409.57 | ↑ +197% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $476.42 | ↑ +246% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $476.42 | ↑ +246% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $476.42 | ↑ +246% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Throat x-ray & fluoroscopy at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $148.90 | $58.65 – $396.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $147.84 | $58.65 – $396.00 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $124.08 | $58.65 – $396.00 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $156.82 | $58.65 – $396.00 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $100.32 | $58.65 – $396.00 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $178.08 | $58.65 – $302.40 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $135.17 | $58.65 – $396.00 |