Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath 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

$935.81

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.

$2,614.00

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.

$333.00 with Plotkin Health vs $7,005.97 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
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $333.00 ↓ -64%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $333.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medical Rental $389.98 ↓ -58%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $392.67 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid $392.67 ↓ -58%
Mercy Care Medicaid $392.67 ↓ -58%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $392.67 ↓ -58%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $392.67 ↓ -58%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $392.67 ↓ -58%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $399.60 ↓ -57%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $518.00 ↓ -45%
Provider Network of America Commercial $555.00 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $658.95 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↓ -30%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↓ -30%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↓ -30%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↓ -30%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $658.95 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↓ -30%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↓ -30%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $658.95 ↓ -30%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $658.95 ↓ -30%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $658.95 ↓ -30%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicare $658.95 ↓ -30%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↓ -30%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $658.95 ↓ -30%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $658.95 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare Advantage $678.72 ↓ -27%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $691.90 ↓ -26%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $691.90 ↓ -26%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $724.85 ↓ -23%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $724.85 ↓ -23%
NaphCare Federal $889.58 ↓ -5%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $896.17 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $922.53 ↓ -1%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $936.00 ↑ +0%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $975.25 ↑ +4%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $988.42 ↑ +6%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,087.27 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $2,044.24 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $3,152.00 ↑ +237%
United Healthcare UHC Core $3,294.00 ↑ +252%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,467.00 ↑ +270%
Aetna Joint Venture $3,617.00 ↑ +287%
Aetna Designated Group $3,843.00 ↑ +311%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +329%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +377%
Aetna Broad Network $4,521.00 ↑ +383%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $5,254.47 ↑ +461%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $5,604.77 ↑ +499%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $5,884.97 ↑ +529%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $7,005.97 ↑ +649%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $7,005.97 ↑ +649%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $8,236.31 $402.49 – $17,033.19
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $402.49 – $678.72
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,050.88 $392.67 – $1,087.27
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Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $236.06 $259.00 – $1,087.27
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $925.36 $259.00 – $1,087.27
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Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $805.11 $72.99 – $1,087.27

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