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

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

$558.66

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.

$1,539.00

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.

$38.62 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $4,686.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $38.62 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $99.27 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $105.89 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $111.18 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $132.36 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $132.36 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $307.80 ↓ -45%
Mercy Care Medicaid $344.74 ↓ -38%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $344.74 ↓ -38%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $344.74 ↓ -38%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $344.74 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicaid $344.74 ↓ -38%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $344.74 ↓ -38%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $346.27 ↓ -38%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $461.70 ↓ -17%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $517.10 ↓ -7%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $615.60 ↑ +10%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $692.55 ↑ +24%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $692.55 ↑ +24%
Aetna Joint Venture $711.02 ↑ +27%
Aetna Designated Group $755.65 ↑ +35%
Health Net Medicare $769.50 ↑ +38%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $769.50 ↑ +38%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $769.50 ↑ +38%
Aetna Medical Rental $811.05 ↑ +45%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $831.06 ↑ +49%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $831.06 ↑ +49%
Aetna Broad Network $888.00 ↑ +59%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,077.30 ↑ +93%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,154.25 ↑ +107%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,217.00 ↑ +655%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,686.00 ↑ +739%

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