Breath test analysis c-14 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

$1,761.09

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.

$4,436.00

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.

$94.41 with Wellpoint vs $3,327.00 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.

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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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $94.41 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $94.41 ↓ -95%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $94.41 ↓ -95%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $94.41 ↓ -95%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $94.41 ↓ -95%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $94.41 ↓ -95%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $94.41 ↓ -95%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $94.41 ↓ -95%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $94.41 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $94.41 ↓ -95%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $94.41 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $94.41 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $94.41 ↓ -95%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $94.41 ↓ -95%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $94.41 ↓ -95%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $94.41 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid $94.41 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicare $94.41 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $94.41 ↓ -95%
Mercy Care Medicaid $94.41 ↓ -95%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $94.41 ↓ -95%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $94.41 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $94.41 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $94.41 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage $97.24 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $99.13 ↓ -94%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $99.13 ↓ -94%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $103.85 ↓ -94%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $103.85 ↓ -94%
NaphCare Federal $127.45 ↓ -93%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $128.40 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $132.17 ↓ -92%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $139.73 ↓ -92%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $141.62 ↓ -92%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $155.78 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $201.39 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $396.76 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare UHC Core $432.37 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Commercial $477.94 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $517.64 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $552.15 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $579.76 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $690.19 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $690.19 ↓ -61%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,490.50 ↓ -15%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,996.20 ↑ +13%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,996.20 ↑ +13%
Aetna Joint Venture $2,049.43 ↑ +16%
Aetna Designated Group $2,178.08 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medical Rental $2,337.77 ↑ +33%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $2,395.44 ↑ +36%
Aetna Broad Network $2,559.57 ↑ +45%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $2,914.45 ↑ +65%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $3,047.53 ↑ +73%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $3,105.20 ↑ +76%
Provider Network of America Commercial $3,327.00 ↑ +89%

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Breath test analysis c-14 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $936.00 $94.41 – $3,327.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,378.77 $94.41 – $4,055.20
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $1,242.08 $94.41 – $3,327.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $1,282.00 $94.41 – $3,327.00

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