Br punct aspir ea add, l 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

$177.57

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.

$496.00

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.

$99.20 with Aetna 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $99.20 ↓ -44%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $111.60 ↓ -37%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $118.24 ↓ -33%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $118.24 ↓ -33%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $118.24 ↓ -33%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $118.24 ↓ -33%
Mercy Care Medicaid $118.24 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicaid $118.24 ↓ -33%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $148.80 ↓ -16%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $198.40 ↑ +12%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $223.20 ↑ +26%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $223.20 ↑ +26%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $248.00 ↑ +40%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $248.00 ↑ +40%
Health Net Medicare $248.00 ↑ +40%
Aetna Medical Rental $261.39 ↑ +47%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $267.84 ↑ +51%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $267.84 ↑ +51%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $347.20 ↑ +96%
Provider Network of America Commercial $372.00 ↑ +109%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $474.72 ↑ +167%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +559%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,220.21 ↑ +587%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,301.56 ↑ +633%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,366.63 ↑ +670%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,626.95 ↑ +816%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,626.95 ↑ +816%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,114.00 ↑ +1091%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,210.00 ↑ +1145%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,326.00 ↑ +1210%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +2163%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +2381%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +2414%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +2536%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +3001%

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