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Echo guidance radiotherapy 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

$405.54

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.

$1,162.00

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.

$43.17 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $871.50 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $43.17 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $110.95 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $118.35 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $124.27 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $147.94 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $147.94 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $232.40 ↓ -43%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $260.29 ↓ -36%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $260.29 ↓ -36%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $260.29 ↓ -36%
Mercy Care Medicaid $260.29 ↓ -36%
Health Net Medicaid $260.29 ↓ -36%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $260.29 ↓ -36%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $261.45 ↓ -36%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $348.60 ↓ -14%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $390.43 ↓ -4%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $464.80 ↑ +15%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $522.90 ↑ +29%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $522.90 ↑ +29%
Aetna Joint Venture $536.84 ↑ +32%
Aetna Designated Group $570.54 ↑ +41%
Health Net Medicare $581.00 ↑ +43%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $581.00 ↑ +43%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $581.00 ↑ +43%
Aetna Medical Rental $612.37 ↑ +51%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $627.48 ↑ +55%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $627.48 ↑ +55%
Aetna Broad Network $670.47 ↑ +65%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $763.43 ↑ +88%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $798.29 ↑ +97%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $813.40 ↑ +101%
Provider Network of America Commercial $871.50 ↑ +115%

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Echo guidance radiotherapy at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $462.48 $110.95 – $871.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $294.71 $94.66 – $708.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $371.84 $110.95 – $871.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $171.98 $84.72 – $929.60
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $504.31 $110.95 – $871.50
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $488.04 $110.95 – $871.50
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $402.05 $110.95 – $871.50
Banner Goldfield Medical Center Apache Junction $206.84 $70.05 – $871.50

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