Benign lesion paring 2-4 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

$157.47

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.

$304.00

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.

$100.65 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $349.44 with Oscar Health Plan — 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 $100.65 ↓ -36%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $102.14 ↓ -35%
Health Net Medicaid $130.17 ↓ -17%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $130.17 ↓ -17%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $130.17 ↓ -17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $130.17 ↓ -17%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $130.17 ↓ -17%
Mercy Care Medicaid $130.17 ↓ -17%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $136.80 ↓ -13%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $136.80 ↓ -13%
Aetna Joint Venture $140.45 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $147.44 ↓ -6%
Aetna Designated Group $149.26 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare UHC Core $154.13 ↓ -2%
Aetna Medical Rental $160.21 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial $162.34 ↑ +3%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $164.16 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $175.41 ↑ +11%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $199.73 ↑ +27%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $208.85 ↑ +33%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $211.78 ↑ +34%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↑ +34%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↑ +34%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↑ +34%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↑ +34%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $211.78 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↑ +34%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↑ +34%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $211.78 ↑ +34%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $211.78 ↑ +34%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $211.78 ↑ +34%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↑ +34%
Health Net Medicare $211.78 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↑ +34%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $211.78 ↑ +34%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $211.78 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↑ +34%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↑ +34%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $212.80 ↑ +35%
Humana Medicare Advantage $218.13 ↑ +39%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $222.37 ↑ +41%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $222.37 ↑ +41%
Provider Network of America Commercial $228.00 ↑ +45%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $232.96 ↑ +48%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $232.96 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $258.70 ↑ +64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $275.95 ↑ +75%
NaphCare Federal $285.90 ↑ +82%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $288.02 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $289.75 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $296.49 ↑ +88%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $313.43 ↑ +99%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $317.67 ↑ +102%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $344.94 ↑ +119%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $344.94 ↑ +119%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $349.44 ↑ +122%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Benign lesion paring 2-4 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $22.89 – $218.14
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix not published $22.89 – $218.13
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $116.74 $102.14 – $349.44
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $136.80 $106.40 – $317.67
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $443.72 $22.89 – $49.82
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $22.89 – $211.78
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson not published $130.17 – $155.46
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $22.89 – $218.14

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