Warde lipoprotein-associated phospholipase a2 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

$21.96

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.

$139.00

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.

$46.31 with Aetna vs $212.20 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 $46.31 ↑ +111%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $46.31 ↑ +111%
Humana Medicare Advantage $46.31 ↑ +111%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $46.31 ↑ +111%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $46.31 ↑ +111%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $46.31 ↑ +111%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $46.31 ↑ +111%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $46.31 ↑ +111%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $46.31 ↑ +111%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $46.31 ↑ +111%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $46.31 ↑ +111%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $46.31 ↑ +111%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $46.31 ↑ +111%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $46.31 ↑ +111%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $46.31 ↑ +111%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $46.31 ↑ +111%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $46.31 ↑ +111%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $46.31 ↑ +111%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $46.31 ↑ +111%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $46.31 ↑ +111%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $46.31 ↑ +111%
Health Net Medicaid $46.31 ↑ +111%
Health Net Medicare $46.31 ↑ +111%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $46.70 ↑ +113%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $48.63 ↑ +121%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $48.63 ↑ +121%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $48.65 ↑ +122%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $50.94 ↑ +132%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $50.94 ↑ +132%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $62.52 ↑ +185%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $62.55 ↑ +185%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $62.55 ↑ +185%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $62.98 ↑ +187%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $64.83 ↑ +195%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $68.54 ↑ +212%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $69.47 ↑ +216%
Aetna Medical Rental $73.25 ↑ +234%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $75.06 ↑ +242%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $76.41 ↑ +248%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $81.27 ↑ +270%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $85.65 ↑ +290%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $90.30 ↑ +311%
United Healthcare UHC Core $94.69 ↑ +331%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $97.30 ↑ +343%
United Healthcare Commercial $104.20 ↑ +374%
Provider Network of America Commercial $104.25 ↑ +375%
Aetna Joint Venture $155.51 ↑ +608%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $159.15 ↑ +625%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $159.15 ↑ +625%
Aetna Designated Group $165.23 ↑ +652%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $169.76 ↑ +673%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $178.24 ↑ +712%
Aetna Broad Network $194.41 ↑ +785%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $212.20 ↑ +866%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $212.20 ↑ +866%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $212.20 ↑ +866%

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Warde lipoprotein-associated phospholipase a2 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $22.24 $46.31 – $104.25
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $80.22 $19.45 – $165.90
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $45.57 $25.94 – $142.64
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $22.52 $46.31 – $111.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $21.68 $46.31 – $111.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $17.65 $46.31 – $104.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $20.99 $46.31 – $111.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $15.71 $46.31 – $104.25

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