CT scan for therapy guide 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

$131.84

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.

$771.00

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.

$136.01 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $1,126.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $136.01 ↑ +3%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $154.20 ↑ +17%
Health Net Medicaid $172.70 ↑ +31%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $172.70 ↑ +31%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $172.70 ↑ +31%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $172.70 ↑ +31%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $172.70 ↑ +31%
Mercy Care Medicaid $172.70 ↑ +31%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $173.47 ↑ +32%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $231.30 ↑ +75%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $308.40 ↑ +134%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $341.00 ↑ +159%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $346.95 ↑ +163%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $346.95 ↑ +163%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $349.60 ↑ +165%
Aetna Joint Venture $356.20 ↑ +170%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $372.91 ↑ +183%
Aetna Designated Group $378.56 ↑ +187%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $385.50 ↑ +192%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $385.50 ↑ +192%
Health Net Medicare $385.50 ↑ +192%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $391.55 ↑ +197%
Aetna Medical Rental $406.32 ↑ +208%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $416.34 ↑ +216%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $416.34 ↑ +216%
Aetna Broad Network $444.87 ↑ +237%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $466.14 ↑ +254%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $466.14 ↑ +254%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $539.70 ↑ +309%
Provider Network of America Commercial $578.25 ↑ +339%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,013.00 ↑ +668%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,126.00 ↑ +754%

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CT scan for therapy guide at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $141.86 $154.20 – $1,013.00
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $447.71 $125.88 – $1,172.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $179.50 $165.07 – $908.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $125.67 $154.20 – $1,013.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $117.19 $154.20 – $1,013.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $114.88 $154.20 – $885.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $114.11 $136.01 – $1,013.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $149.57 $154.20 – $1,013.00

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