Transferrin 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

$23.54

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.

$149.00

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.

$12.76 with Aetna vs $58.46 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.

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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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $12.76 ↓ -46%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $12.76 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare Advantage $12.76 ↓ -46%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $12.76 ↓ -46%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $12.76 ↓ -46%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $12.76 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $12.76 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.76 ↓ -46%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $12.76 ↓ -46%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $12.76 ↓ -46%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $12.76 ↓ -46%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $12.76 ↓ -46%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $12.76 ↓ -46%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $12.76 ↓ -46%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $12.76 ↓ -46%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $12.76 ↓ -46%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $12.76 ↓ -46%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $12.76 ↓ -46%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $12.76 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $12.76 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.76 ↓ -46%
Health Net Medicaid $12.76 ↓ -46%
Health Net Medicare $12.76 ↓ -46%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $13.10 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $13.40 ↓ -43%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $13.40 ↓ -43%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $13.65 ↓ -42%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.04 ↓ -40%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $14.04 ↓ -40%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $17.23 ↓ -27%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $17.35 ↓ -26%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $17.55 ↓ -25%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $17.55 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $17.86 ↓ -24%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $18.88 ↓ -20%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $19.14 ↓ -19%
Aetna Medical Rental $20.55 ↓ -13%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $21.05 ↓ -11%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $21.06 ↓ -11%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $22.38 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $23.60 ↑ +0%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $24.87 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare UHC Core $26.10 ↑ +11%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $27.30 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare Commercial $28.71 ↑ +22%
Provider Network of America Commercial $29.25 ↑ +24%
Aetna Joint Venture $42.85 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $43.84 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $43.84 ↑ +86%
Aetna Designated Group $45.53 ↑ +93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $46.77 ↑ +99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $49.10 ↑ +109%
Aetna Broad Network $53.57 ↑ +128%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $58.46 ↑ +148%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $58.46 ↑ +148%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $58.46 ↑ +148%

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Transferrin at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $23.84 $12.76 – $29.25
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $48.32 $7.65 – $172.39
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $77.17 $5.36 – $159.58
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $55.60 $12.76 – $174.02
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $12.64 $12.76 – $31.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $12.17 $12.76 – $31.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $18.92 $12.76 – $29.25
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $87.30 $12.76 – $104.30

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