X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$96.31
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.
$369.00
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.
$79.00 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $551.65 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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| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $79.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $79.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $79.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $79.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $79.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $113.34 | ↑ +18% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $119.01 | ↑ +24% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $119.01 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $120.32 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $120.32 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $123.98 | ↑ +29% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $124.67 | ↑ +29% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $124.67 | ↑ +29% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $128.34 | ↑ +33% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $129.15 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $134.76 | ↑ +40% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $153.01 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $154.14 | ↑ +60% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $158.68 | ↑ +65% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $160.42 | ↑ +67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $160.42 | ↑ +67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $160.42 | ↑ +67% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $166.05 | ↑ +72% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $166.05 | ↑ +72% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $167.74 | ↑ +74% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $170.01 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $170.48 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $181.18 | ↑ +88% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $187.01 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $194.46 | ↑ +102% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $199.26 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $212.91 | ↑ +121% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $242.43 | ↑ +152% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $253.50 | ↑ +163% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $258.30 | ↑ +168% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $276.75 | ↑ +187% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $467.28 | ↑ +385% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $509.21 | ↑ +429% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $551.65 | ↑ +473% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $369.15 | $42.56 – $1,317.01 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $335.78 | $42.56 – $694.41 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $177.12 | $42.56 – $554.40 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $182.10 | $56.08 – $485.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $186.96 | $56.08 – $485.60 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $90.04 | $79.00 – $295.20 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $79.33 | $56.08 – $276.75 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $86.71 | $79.00 – $276.75 |