Critical care each additional 30 minutes 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

$940.33

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.

$3,807.00

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.

$761.40 with Aetna vs $2,855.25 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $761.40 ↓ -19%
Mercy Care Medicaid $852.77 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicaid $852.77 ↓ -9%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $852.77 ↓ -9%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $852.77 ↓ -9%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $856.58 ↓ -9%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $932.00 ↓ -1%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,142.10 ↑ +21%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $1,522.80 ↑ +62%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,626.00 ↑ +73%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,713.15 ↑ +82%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,713.15 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,715.00 ↑ +82%
Aetna Designated Group $1,728.00 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,793.00 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,887.00 ↑ +101%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,903.50 ↑ +102%
Health Net Medicare $1,903.50 ↑ +102%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,903.50 ↑ +102%
Humana Commercial $1,910.00 ↑ +103%
Aetna Medical Rental $2,006.29 ↑ +113%
Aetna Broad Network $2,033.00 ↑ +116%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $2,055.78 ↑ +119%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,055.78 ↑ +119%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $2,083.00 ↑ +122%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $2,314.00 ↑ +146%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,664.90 ↑ +183%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,855.25 ↑ +204%

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Critical care each additional 30 minutes at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $928.91 $761.40 – $2,855.25
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $1,492.40 $93.41 – $5,324.39
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $1,864.55 $93.41 – $4,881.00
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $1,610.07 $93.41 – $6,545.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $719.20 $580.00 – $2,320.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $640.90 $580.00 – $2,320.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $906.07 $761.40 – $2,855.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $833.73 $761.40 – $3,045.60

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