Triamcinolone acetonide 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$0.41

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.

$12.30

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.

$0.86 with Health Net vs $9.22 with Provider Network of America — 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 Net Medicaid $0.86 ↑ +110%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $0.86 ↑ +110%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $0.86 ↑ +110%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $0.86 ↑ +110%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $0.86 ↑ +110%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1.28 ↑ +212%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1.42 ↑ +246%
Aetna Joint Venture $1.80 ↑ +339%
Aetna Designated Group $1.80 ↑ +339%
Aetna Broad Network $1.80 ↑ +339%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2.46 ↑ +500%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $3.12 ↑ +661%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $3.69 ↑ +800%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $4.13 ↑ +907%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $4.30 ↑ +949%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $4.59 ↑ +1020%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $4.59 ↑ +1020%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $4.89 ↑ +1093%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $4.92 ↑ +1100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $5.14 ↑ +1154%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $5.54 ↑ +1251%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $5.54 ↑ +1251%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $5.97 ↑ +1356%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $6.12 ↑ +1393%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $6.12 ↑ +1393%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $6.12 ↑ +1393%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $6.15 ↑ +1400%
Health Net Medicare $6.15 ↑ +1400%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $6.15 ↑ +1400%
United Healthcare UHC Core $6.24 ↑ +1422%
Aetna Medical Rental $6.48 ↑ +1480%
United Healthcare Commercial $6.57 ↑ +1502%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $6.64 ↑ +1520%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $6.64 ↑ +1520%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $8.61 ↑ +2000%
Provider Network of America Commercial $9.22 ↑ +2149%

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Triamcinolone acetonide 40 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $18.32 $0.92 – $65.36
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $72.58 $0.92 – $30.02
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $19.68 $0.92 – $14.63
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $34.88 $0.92 – $44.65
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $19.76 $0.92 – $65.36
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $21.44 $0.92 – $15.96

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