X-ray small intestine follow-through study at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$76.47
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.
$293.00
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.
$58.60 with Aetna vs $265.73 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.
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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $58.60 | ↓ -23% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $62.99 | ↓ -18% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $62.99 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $62.99 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $62.99 | ↓ -18% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $62.99 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $74.42 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $87.90 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $98.45 | ↑ +29% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $102.55 | ↑ +34% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $117.20 | ↑ +53% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $131.85 | ↑ +72% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $131.85 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $135.37 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $143.86 | ↑ +88% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $146.50 | ↑ +92% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $146.50 | ↑ +92% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $146.50 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $154.41 | ↑ +102% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $158.22 | ↑ +107% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $158.22 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $169.06 | ↑ +121% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $192.50 | ↑ +152% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $199.30 | ↑ +161% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $199.30 | ↑ +161% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $201.29 | ↑ +163% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $205.10 | ↑ +168% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $212.59 | ↑ +178% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $219.75 | ↑ +187% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $223.22 | ↑ +192% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $265.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $265.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $265.73 | ↑ +247% |
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X-ray small intestine follow-through study at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $82.63 | $58.60 – $219.75 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $29.55 | $68.37 – $503.47 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $195.21 | $86.54 – $403.69 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $193.36 | $86.54 – $605.22 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $58.80 | $39.20 – $170.03 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $60.37 | $39.20 – $156.80 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $84.38 | $58.60 – $219.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $71.49 | $58.60 – $234.40 |