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Blood Culture Test at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
1111 East Mcdowell Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1841224870
$79.56
Cash price 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.
$360.00
Gross charge 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.
$10.32 with UPMC Health Plan vs $270.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $10.32 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $10.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $10.84 | ↓ -86% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $10.84 | ↓ -86% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $11.35 | ↓ -86% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $11.35 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $13.80 | ↓ -83% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $13.93 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $14.04 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $14.45 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $15.27 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $15.48 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $17.03 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $18.12 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $19.09 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $20.13 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $21.11 | ↓ -73% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $23.22 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $34.65 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $35.47 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $36.82 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $37.84 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $39.73 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $43.32 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $47.30 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $47.30 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $120.96 | ↑ +52% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $162.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $162.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $189.72 | ↑ +138% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $194.40 | ↑ +144% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $252.00 | ↑ +217% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $270.00 | ↑ +239% |
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Blood Culture Test at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $97.56 | $10.32 – $270.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $33.93 | $10.32 – $116.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $24.22 | $10.32 – $116.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $80.28 | $10.32 – $270.00 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $210.92 | $10.32 – $252.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $65.52 | $10.32 – $288.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $74.52 | $10.32 – $270.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $72.36 | $10.32 – $288.00 |