Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) 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

$17.44

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$109.00

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.

$16.74 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $81.75 with Provider Network of America — 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 $16.74 ↓ -4%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $17.27 ↓ -1%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↓ -1%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $17.27 ↓ -1%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↓ -1%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↓ -1%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $17.27 ↓ -1%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↓ -1%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $17.27 ↓ -1%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $17.27 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↓ -1%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↓ -1%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $17.27 ↓ -1%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $17.27 ↓ -1%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $17.27 ↓ -1%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $17.27 ↓ -1%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↓ -1%
Health Net Medicaid $17.27 ↓ -1%
Health Net Medicare $17.27 ↓ -1%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↓ -1%
Mercy Care Medicaid $17.27 ↓ -1%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $17.27 ↓ -1%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $17.27 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↓ -1%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↓ -1%
Humana Medicare Advantage $17.79 ↑ +2%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $18.13 ↑ +4%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $18.13 ↑ +4%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $19.00 ↑ +9%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19.00 ↑ +9%
NaphCare Federal $23.31 ↑ +34%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $23.49 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $24.18 ↑ +39%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $25.56 ↑ +47%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $25.91 ↑ +49%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $28.50 ↑ +63%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $30.32 ↑ +74%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $31.95 ↑ +83%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $33.69 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare UHC Core $35.32 ↑ +103%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $36.62 ↑ +110%
United Healthcare Commercial $38.87 ↑ +123%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $43.04 ↑ +147%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $45.91 ↑ +163%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $48.20 ↑ +176%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $49.05 ↑ +181%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $49.05 ↑ +181%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $57.38 ↑ +229%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $57.38 ↑ +229%
Aetna Medical Rental $57.44 ↑ +229%
Aetna Joint Venture $57.99 ↑ +233%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $58.86 ↑ +238%
Aetna Designated Group $61.62 ↑ +253%
Aetna Broad Network $72.50 ↑ +316%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $76.30 ↑ +338%
Provider Network of America Commercial $81.75 ↑ +369%

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Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $17.22 $17.27 – $81.75
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $59.54 $10.36 – $212.42
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $99.32 $13.11 – $54.51
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $17.00 $9.68 – $53.20
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $17.66 $17.27 – $87.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $17.00 $17.27 – $87.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $13.84 $17.27 – $81.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $16.46 $17.27 – $87.20

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