Cell marker study 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

$148.20

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.

$600.00

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.

$36.08 with Banner University Health Plan vs $600.27 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
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $36.08 ↓ -76%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $36.08 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid $36.08 ↓ -76%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $36.08 ↓ -76%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $36.08 ↓ -76%
Mercy Care Medicaid $36.08 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $56.95 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -62%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -62%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -62%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -62%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $56.95 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -62%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -62%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $56.95 ↓ -62%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $56.95 ↓ -62%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $56.95 ↓ -62%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicare $56.95 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -62%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $56.95 ↓ -62%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $56.95 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare Advantage $58.66 ↓ -60%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $59.80 ↓ -60%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $59.80 ↓ -60%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $62.65 ↓ -58%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $62.65 ↓ -58%
NaphCare Federal $76.88 ↓ -48%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $77.45 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $79.73 ↓ -46%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $84.29 ↓ -43%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $85.42 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $92.03 ↓ -38%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $93.97 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare UHC Core $103.78 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Commercial $111.96 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $116.73 ↓ -21%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $201.60 ↑ +36%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $210.60 ↑ +42%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $234.00 ↑ +58%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $270.00 ↑ +82%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $270.00 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $300.04 ↑ +102%
Aetna Medical Rental $316.20 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $320.04 ↑ +116%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $324.00 ↑ +119%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $336.04 ↑ +127%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $400.05 ↑ +170%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $400.05 ↑ +170%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $420.00 ↑ +183%
Provider Network of America Commercial $450.00 ↑ +204%
Aetna Joint Venture $480.16 ↑ +224%
Aetna Designated Group $510.19 ↑ +244%
Aetna Broad Network $600.27 ↑ +305%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Cell marker study at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $133.20 $36.08 – $450.00
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $657.04 $21.68 – $393.42
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $56.04 $31.90 – $175.41
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $147.00 $36.08 – $480.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $141.60 $36.08 – $480.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $127.80 $36.08 – $450.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $129.60 $36.08 – $480.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $108.00 $36.08 – $450.00

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