Esophageal recording 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

$545.86

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.

$1,863.00

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.

$806.77 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $43,322.00 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $806.77 ↑ +48%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $806.77 ↑ +48%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $806.77 ↑ +48%
Health Net Medicaid $806.77 ↑ +48%
Mercy Care Medicaid $806.77 ↑ +48%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $806.77 ↑ +48%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $838.35 ↑ +54%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $838.35 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $903.55 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare UHC Core $944.54 ↑ +73%
Aetna Medical Rental $981.80 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Commercial $994.84 ↑ +82%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,006.02 ↑ +84%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,223.99 ↑ +124%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,279.88 ↑ +134%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
Health Net Medicare $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,293.89 ↑ +137%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,304.10 ↑ +139%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,332.71 ↑ +144%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,358.58 ↑ +149%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,358.58 ↑ +149%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,397.25 ↑ +156%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,420.79 ↑ +160%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $1,423.28 ↑ +161%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,423.28 ↑ +161%
NaphCare Federal $1,746.75 ↑ +220%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,759.69 ↑ +222%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $1,811.45 ↑ +232%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,914.96 ↑ +251%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,940.84 ↑ +256%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,134.92 ↑ +291%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,651.98 ↑ +569%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,895.44 ↑ +614%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $4,090.18 ↑ +649%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,869.30 ↑ +792%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,869.30 ↑ +792%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $15,142.00 ↑ +2674%
Aetna Joint Venture $34,658.00 ↑ +6249%
Aetna Designated Group $36,824.00 ↑ +6646%
Aetna Broad Network $43,322.00 ↑ +7836%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Esophageal recording at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,596.67 $806.77 – $4,856.80
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $450.85 $652.05 – $2,134.92

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