Ultrasound guide intraoperative at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$270.24
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.
$679.00
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.
$124.67 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $509.25 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.
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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $124.67 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $124.67 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $132.98 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $135.80 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $139.63 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $145.99 | ↓ -46% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $145.99 | ↓ -46% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $145.99 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $145.99 | ↓ -46% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $145.99 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $166.23 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $166.23 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $166.23 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $172.47 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $203.70 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $228.14 | ↓ -16% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $237.65 | ↓ -12% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $271.60 | ↑ +1% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $305.55 | ↑ +13% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $305.55 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $313.70 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $333.39 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $339.50 | ↑ +26% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $339.50 | ↑ +26% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $339.50 | ↑ +26% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $357.83 | ↑ +32% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $366.66 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $366.66 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $391.78 | ↑ +45% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $446.10 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $466.47 | ↑ +73% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $475.30 | ↑ +76% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $509.25 | ↑ +88% |
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Ultrasound guide intraoperative at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $236.97 | $48.50 – $509.25 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $243.66 | $69.34 – $651.97 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $1,073.42 | $69.34 – $1,010.41 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $335.30 | $69.34 – $839.30 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $221.45 | $106.36 – $532.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $217.28 | $124.67 – $509.25 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $185.37 | $73.01 – $509.25 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $234.26 | $48.50 – $543.20 |