Biopsy needle liver percutaneous 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

$3,104.87

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.

$2,325.00

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.

$949.44 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $5,506.00 with Aetna — 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 $949.44 ↓ -69%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $1,020.08 ↓ -67%
Mercy Care Medicaid $1,020.08 ↓ -67%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $1,020.08 ↓ -67%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,020.08 ↓ -67%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,020.08 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid $1,020.08 ↓ -67%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,046.25 ↓ -66%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,046.25 ↓ -66%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,225.28 ↓ -61%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,255.50 ↓ -60%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,627.50 ↓ -48%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicare $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↓ -44%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,743.75 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,778.69 ↓ -43%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,813.22 ↓ -42%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,813.22 ↓ -42%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,899.57 ↓ -39%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $1,899.57 ↓ -39%
NaphCare Federal $2,331.29 ↓ -25%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,348.56 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,417.63 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,440.42 ↓ -21%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,555.78 ↓ -18%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,590.32 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,603.12 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,733.25 ↓ -12%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,849.35 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,253.90 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,253.90 ↑ +5%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +29%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +42%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $4,640.00 ↑ +49%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare UHC Core $4,850.00 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,105.00 ↑ +64%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +77%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Biopsy needle liver percutaneous at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $899.78 $813.75 – $2,849.35
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $2,585.38 $90.83 – $5,346.72
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $90.83 – $1,778.69
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $2,407.17 $773.15 – $2,849.35
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $1,164.14 $773.15 – $2,849.35
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $795.15 $813.75 – $4,018.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $671.92 $813.75 – $2,849.35
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $644.03 $813.75 – $2,590.32

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