Application of forearm cast 29075 at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
1111 East Mcdowell Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1841224870
$310.28
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.
$599.00
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.
$79.80 with Aetna vs $1,012.49 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 | $79.80 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $89.78 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $119.70 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $134.06 | ↓ -57% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $159.60 | ↓ -49% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $174.85 | ↓ -44% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $174.85 | ↓ -44% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $174.85 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $174.85 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $174.85 | ↓ -44% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $174.85 | ↓ -44% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $179.55 | ↓ -42% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $179.55 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $184.34 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $193.51 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $195.91 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $199.50 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $199.50 | ↓ -36% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $199.50 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $202.29 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $210.27 | ↓ -32% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $213.07 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $215.46 | ↓ -31% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $215.46 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $230.22 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $262.14 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $274.11 | ↓ -12% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $279.30 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $295.43 | ↓ -5% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $299.25 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $759.37 | ↑ +145% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $809.99 | ↑ +161% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $850.49 | ↑ +174% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,012.49 | ↑ +226% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,012.49 | ↑ +226% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Application of forearm cast 29075 at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $65.80 – $291.56 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | not published | $65.80 – $291.55 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $150.91 | $74.80 – $647.86 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $89.85 | $79.80 – $759.37 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $174.31 | $79.80 – $759.37 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $123.18 | $65.80 – $175.96 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $65.80 – $283.06 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | not published | $72.99 – $295.43 |