Dilate esophagus 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

$460.39

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.

$1,286.00

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.

$578.70 with National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) vs $5,506.00 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
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $578.70 ↑ +26%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $578.70 ↑ +26%
Aetna Medical Rental $677.72 ↑ +47%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $694.44 ↑ +51%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $900.20 ↑ +96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $949.44 ↑ +106%
Provider Network of America Commercial $964.50 ↑ +109%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +154%
Health Net Medicaid $1,178.14 ↑ +156%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $1,178.14 ↑ +156%
Mercy Care Medicaid $1,178.14 ↑ +156%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,178.14 ↑ +156%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $1,178.14 ↑ +156%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,178.14 ↑ +156%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
Health Net Medicare $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +339%
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,082.51 ↑ +352%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $2,122.94 ↑ +361%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $2,122.94 ↑ +361%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $2,224.03 ↑ +383%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,224.03 ↑ +383%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,440.42 ↑ +430%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,603.12 ↑ +465%
NaphCare Federal $2,729.50 ↑ +493%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,733.25 ↑ +494%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,749.72 ↑ +497%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,830.59 ↑ +515%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,992.34 ↑ +550%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $3,032.78 ↑ +559%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,253.90 ↑ +607%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,253.90 ↑ +607%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $3,336.05 ↑ +625%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +773%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +857%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +870%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $4,640.00 ↑ +908%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +917%
United Healthcare UHC Core $4,850.00 ↑ +953%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,105.00 ↑ +1009%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +1096%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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