Decompression of lower leg at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
1111 East Mcdowell Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1841224870
$3,173.27
Cash price 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.
$6,126.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,455.44 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $5,705.98 with Oscar Health Plan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,455.44 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $2,052.04 | ↓ -35% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $2,052.04 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $2,052.04 | ↓ -35% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $2,052.04 | ↓ -35% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $2,052.04 | ↓ -35% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $2,052.04 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $2,058.34 | ↓ -35% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $2,756.70 | ↓ -13% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $2,756.70 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $2,830.21 | ↓ -11% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,971.11 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $3,007.87 | ↓ -5% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $3,105.88 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $3,228.40 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3,271.28 | ↑ +3% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $3,308.04 | ↑ +4% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $3,534.70 | ↑ +11% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $3,561.92 | ↑ +12% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $3,631.08 | ↑ +14% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $3,631.08 | ↑ +14% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $3,741.03 | ↑ +18% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $3,803.99 | ↑ +20% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,803.99 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $3,990.44 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,024.78 | ↑ +27% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $4,189.93 | ↑ +32% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,208.56 | ↑ +33% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $4,288.20 | ↑ +35% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $4,594.50 | ↑ +45% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $4,668.53 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $4,703.11 | ↑ +48% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $4,841.44 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $4,988.05 | ↑ +57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $4,988.05 | ↑ +57% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $5,118.09 | ↑ +61% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $5,187.26 | ↑ +63% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $5,705.98 | ↑ +80% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Decompression of lower leg at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $420.56 – $3,561.92 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | not published | $420.56 – $3,561.92 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $4,963.98 | $420.56 – $937.04 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $420.56 – $3,458.17 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | not published | $2,052.04 – $3,741.03 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | not published | $420.56 – $3,561.92 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | not published | $384.47 – $394.09 |