X-ray ankle 2 views (both sides) at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$88.48
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.
$339.00
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.
$58.65 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $409.57 with United Healthcare — 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 | $58.65 | ↓ -34% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $58.65 | ↓ -34% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $58.65 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $58.65 | ↓ -34% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $58.65 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $67.80 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $86.11 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $98.89 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $98.89 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $101.70 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $105.49 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $110.76 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $113.90 | ↑ +29% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $118.65 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $131.86 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $131.86 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $131.86 | ↑ +49% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $135.60 | ↑ +53% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $152.55 | ↑ +72% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $152.55 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $156.62 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $166.45 | ↑ +88% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $169.50 | ↑ +92% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $169.50 | ↑ +92% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $169.50 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $178.65 | ↑ +102% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $183.06 | ↑ +107% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $183.06 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $195.60 | ↑ +121% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $222.72 | ↑ +152% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $232.89 | ↑ +163% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $237.30 | ↑ +168% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $254.25 | ↑ +187% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $347.17 | ↑ +292% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $378.33 | ↑ +328% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $409.57 | ↑ +363% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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X-ray ankle 2 views (both sides) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $95.60 | $38.47 – $347.17 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $228.78 | $33.97 – $544.13 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $289.56 | $33.97 – $438.45 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $117.90 | $58.65 – $409.57 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $121.04 | $58.65 – $409.57 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $97.63 | $58.65 – $347.17 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $198.61 | $30.66 – $237.30 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $82.72 | $58.65 – $347.17 |