App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix

1111 East Mcdowell Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1841224870

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$47.14

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.

$91.00

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.

$18.20 with Aetna vs $2,181.88 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 $18.20 ↓ -61%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $20.48 ↓ -57%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $27.30 ↓ -42%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $30.58 ↓ -35%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $36.40 ↓ -23%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $40.95 ↓ -13%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $40.95 ↓ -13%
Aetna Joint Venture $42.04 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $44.13 ↓ -6%
Aetna Designated Group $44.68 ↓ -5%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $45.50 ↓ -3%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $45.50 ↓ -3%
Health Net Medicare $45.50 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare UHC Core $46.14 ↓ -2%
Aetna Medical Rental $47.96 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial $48.59 ↑ +3%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $49.14 ↑ +4%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $49.14 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $52.51 ↑ +11%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $59.79 ↑ +27%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $62.52 ↑ +33%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $63.70 ↑ +35%
Provider Network of America Commercial $68.25 ↑ +45%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $82.69 ↑ +75%
Health Net Medicaid $82.69 ↑ +75%
Mercy Care Medicaid $82.69 ↑ +75%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $82.69 ↑ +75%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $82.69 ↑ +75%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $82.69 ↑ +75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $636.64 ↑ +1251%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,636.41 ↑ +3371%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,745.50 ↑ +3603%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,832.76 ↑ +3788%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,181.88 ↑ +4529%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,181.88 ↑ +4529%

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App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $922.15 $26.11 – $1,907.06
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Banner Payson Medical Center Payson $51.96 $37.04 – $81.90
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