Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp 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

$53.85

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.

$218.00

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.

$17.89 with Banner University Health Plan vs $301.71 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 $17.89 ↓ -67%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $17.89 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid $17.89 ↓ -67%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $17.89 ↓ -67%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $17.89 ↓ -67%
Mercy Care Medicaid $17.89 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $26.10 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $26.10 ↓ -52%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $26.10 ↓ -52%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $26.10 ↓ -52%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $26.10 ↓ -52%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $26.10 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $26.10 ↓ -52%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $26.10 ↓ -52%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $26.10 ↓ -52%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $26.10 ↓ -52%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $26.10 ↓ -52%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $26.10 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicare $26.10 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $26.10 ↓ -52%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $26.10 ↓ -52%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $26.10 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $26.10 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $26.10 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare Advantage $26.88 ↓ -50%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $27.41 ↓ -49%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $27.41 ↓ -49%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $28.71 ↓ -47%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $28.71 ↓ -47%
NaphCare Federal $35.23 ↓ -35%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $35.50 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $36.54 ↓ -32%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $38.63 ↓ -28%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $39.15 ↓ -27%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $43.06 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $45.63 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare UHC Core $51.59 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial $55.52 ↑ +3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $56.65 ↑ +5%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $73.25 ↑ +36%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $98.10 ↑ +82%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $98.10 ↑ +82%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $101.03 ↑ +88%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $112.26 ↑ +108%
Aetna Medical Rental $114.89 ↑ +113%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $117.72 ↑ +119%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $145.62 ↑ +170%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $152.60 ↑ +183%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $155.33 ↑ +188%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $163.09 ↑ +203%
Provider Network of America Commercial $163.50 ↑ +204%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $194.16 ↑ +261%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $194.16 ↑ +261%
Aetna Joint Venture $241.34 ↑ +348%
Aetna Designated Group $256.43 ↑ +376%
Aetna Broad Network $301.71 ↑ +460%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $48.40 $17.89 – $163.50
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $27.26 $17.02 – $228.88
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $25.59 $14.56 – $80.08
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Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $12.51 $17.89 – $43.06
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Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $47.09 $17.89 – $174.40
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