Cell count w differential body fluid 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

$2.92

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.

$17.00

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.

$5.60 with Wellpoint vs $25.67 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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 $5.60 ↑ +92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5.60 ↑ +92%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $5.60 ↑ +92%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $5.60 ↑ +92%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $5.60 ↑ +92%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $5.60 ↑ +92%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.60 ↑ +92%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $5.60 ↑ +92%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $5.60 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $5.60 ↑ +92%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $5.60 ↑ +92%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $5.60 ↑ +92%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $5.60 ↑ +92%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $5.60 ↑ +92%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $5.60 ↑ +92%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $5.60 ↑ +92%
Health Net Medicaid $5.60 ↑ +92%
Health Net Medicare $5.60 ↑ +92%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.60 ↑ +92%
Mercy Care Medicaid $5.60 ↑ +92%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $5.60 ↑ +92%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $5.60 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.60 ↑ +92%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.60 ↑ +92%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $5.71 ↑ +96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.77 ↑ +98%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $5.88 ↑ +101%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $5.88 ↑ +101%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.16 ↑ +111%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $6.16 ↑ +111%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $7.49 ↑ +157%
NaphCare Federal $7.56 ↑ +159%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $7.62 ↑ +161%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $7.65 ↑ +162%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $7.65 ↑ +162%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $7.84 ↑ +168%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $8.29 ↑ +184%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $8.40 ↑ +188%
Aetna Medical Rental $8.96 ↑ +207%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $9.18 ↑ +214%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $9.24 ↑ +216%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $9.83 ↑ +237%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $10.36 ↑ +255%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $10.92 ↑ +274%
United Healthcare UHC Core $11.45 ↑ +292%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $11.90 ↑ +308%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.60 ↑ +332%
Provider Network of America Commercial $12.75 ↑ +337%
Aetna Joint Venture $18.80 ↑ +544%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $19.25 ↑ +559%
Aetna Designated Group $19.98 ↑ +584%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $20.53 ↑ +603%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $21.56 ↑ +638%
Aetna Broad Network $23.51 ↑ +705%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $25.67 ↑ +779%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $25.67 ↑ +779%

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Cell count w differential body fluid at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $102.14 $3.36 – $364.39
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $130.27 $2.35 – $269.39
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