Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$535.11
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.
$1,871.00
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.
$287.87 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $1,397.35 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 | $287.87 | ↓ -46% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $287.87 | ↓ -46% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $287.87 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $287.87 | ↓ -46% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $287.87 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $325.00 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $339.00 | ↓ -37% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $357.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $418.99 | ↓ -22% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $436.45 | ↓ -18% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $465.96 | ↓ -13% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $489.26 | ↓ -9% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $489.26 | ↓ -9% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $512.56 | ↓ -4% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $512.56 | ↓ -4% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $561.15 | ↑ +5% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $561.15 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $576.11 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $612.28 | ↑ +14% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $629.05 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $633.71 | ↑ +18% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $652.34 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $657.17 | ↑ +23% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $673.38 | ↑ +26% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $689.62 | ↑ +29% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $698.94 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $719.52 | ↑ +34% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $768.83 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $819.28 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $856.69 | ↑ +60% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $872.90 | ↑ +63% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $935.25 | ↑ +75% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $1,048.01 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,048.01 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,117.88 | ↑ +109% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,173.76 | ↑ +119% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,397.35 | ↑ +161% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,397.35 | ↑ +161% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,397.35 | ↑ +161% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $580.01 | $287.87 – $935.25 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $229.46 | $43.99 – $818.64 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $732.68 | $43.99 – $1,290.86 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $725.46 | $43.99 – $574.42 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $553.41 | $287.87 – $1,032.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $381.20 | $287.87 – $1,032.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $523.88 | $287.87 – $935.25 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $368.59 | $287.87 – $997.60 |