Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic 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

$3,640.86

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$10,170.00

Gross charge

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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.

$3,818.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $13,084.95 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $3,818.00 ↑ +5%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +10%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +23%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $4,542.09 ↑ +25%
Health Net Medicaid $4,542.09 ↑ +25%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $4,542.09 ↑ +25%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $4,542.09 ↑ +25%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $4,542.09 ↑ +25%
Mercy Care Medicaid $4,542.09 ↑ +25%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $4,576.50 ↑ +26%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $4,576.50 ↑ +26%
Aetna Medical Rental $5,359.59 ↑ +47%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $5,491.80 ↑ +51%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $5,849.00 ↑ +61%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $7,119.00 ↑ +96%
Aetna Joint Venture $7,543.00 ↑ +107%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
Health Net Medicare $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7,613.93 ↑ +109%
Provider Network of America Commercial $7,627.50 ↑ +109%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7,842.35 ↑ +115%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $7,994.63 ↑ +120%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $7,994.63 ↑ +120%
Aetna Designated Group $8,015.00 ↑ +120%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $8,375.32 ↑ +130%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8,375.32 ↑ +130%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $8,578.00 ↑ +136%
United Healthcare UHC Core $8,965.00 ↑ +146%
Aetna Broad Network $9,429.00 ↑ +159%
United Healthcare Commercial $9,437.00 ↑ +159%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $9,813.71 ↑ +170%
NaphCare Federal $10,278.81 ↑ +182%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $10,354.94 ↑ +184%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $10,467.96 ↑ +188%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $10,659.50 ↑ +193%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $10,991.27 ↑ +202%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $11,268.62 ↑ +210%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $11,420.90 ↑ +214%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $12,562.98 ↑ +245%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $13,084.95 ↑ +259%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $13,084.95 ↑ +259%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $3,935.79 $3,559.50 – $12,562.98
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $11,335.47 $531.06 – $23,442.46
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $531.06 – $7,842.35
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $8,918.49 $531.06 – $27,915.58
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $3,830.38 $3,243.00 – $12,562.98
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $5,560.90 $3,243.00 – $12,562.98
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $3,478.14 $3,559.50 – $12,562.98
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $2,939.13 $3,559.50 – $12,562.98

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