#cf-97variants 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

$748.28

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.

$2,682.00

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.

$556.60 with Wellpoint vs $2,889.22 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 $556.60 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $556.60 ↓ -26%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $556.60 ↓ -26%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $556.60 ↓ -26%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $556.60 ↓ -26%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $556.60 ↓ -26%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $556.60 ↓ -26%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $556.60 ↓ -26%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $556.60 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $556.60 ↓ -26%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $556.60 ↓ -26%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $556.60 ↓ -26%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $556.60 ↓ -26%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $556.60 ↓ -26%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $556.60 ↓ -26%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $556.60 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicaid $556.60 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicare $556.60 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $556.60 ↓ -26%
Mercy Care Medicaid $556.60 ↓ -26%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $556.60 ↓ -26%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $556.60 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $556.60 ↓ -26%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $556.60 ↓ -26%
Humana Medicare Advantage $573.30 ↓ -23%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $584.43 ↓ -22%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $584.43 ↓ -22%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $612.26 ↓ -18%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $612.26 ↓ -18%
NaphCare Federal $751.41 ↑ +0%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $756.98 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $779.24 ↑ +4%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $823.77 ↑ +10%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $834.90 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $843.03 ↑ +13%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $901.15 ↑ +20%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $918.39 ↑ +23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $976.83 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,029.49 ↑ +38%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,085.37 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,138.19 ↑ +52%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,206.90 ↑ +61%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,206.90 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,252.35 ↑ +67%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,413.41 ↑ +89%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,448.28 ↑ +94%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,869.06 ↑ +150%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,877.40 ↑ +151%
Aetna Designated Group $1,985.95 ↑ +165%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,011.50 ↑ +169%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,166.92 ↑ +190%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,311.38 ↑ +209%
Aetna Broad Network $2,336.61 ↑ +212%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,426.93 ↑ +224%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,889.22 ↑ +286%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,889.22 ↑ +286%

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#cf-97variants at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $501.53 $556.60 – $2,011.50
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $154.58 $333.96 – $2,708.85
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $603.56 $233.77 – $1,248.20
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $547.70 $10.78 – $77.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $554.77 $556.60 – $1,826.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $390.39 $556.60 – $1,826.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $584.68 $556.60 – $2,011.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $608.81 $556.60 – $2,145.60

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