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Established Patient Office Visit (level 2) 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

$559.34

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.

$735.00

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.

$43.00 with Aetna vs $424.10 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $43.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $48.38 ↓ -91%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $54.54 ↓ -90%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $54.54 ↓ -90%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $54.54 ↓ -90%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $54.54 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid $54.54 ↓ -90%
Mercy Care Medicaid $54.54 ↓ -90%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $64.50 ↓ -88%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $86.00 ↓ -85%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $96.75 ↓ -83%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $96.75 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $104.28 ↓ -81%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $107.50 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicare $107.50 ↓ -81%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $107.50 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare UHC Core $109.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medical Rental $113.31 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Commercial $114.81 ↓ -79%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $116.10 ↓ -79%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $116.10 ↓ -79%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $141.25 ↓ -75%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $147.71 ↓ -74%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $150.50 ↓ -73%
Provider Network of America Commercial $161.25 ↓ -71%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $246.96 ↓ -56%
Aetna Joint Venture $339.57 ↓ -39%
Aetna Designated Group $360.88 ↓ -35%
Aetna Broad Network $424.10 ↓ -24%

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 2) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $572.57 $43.00 – $161.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $521.12 $35.00 – $140.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $58.98 $35.00 – $140.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $201.46 $12.00 – $54.54
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $51.85 $43.00 – $172.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $398.37 $12.00 – $54.54
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $531.40 $43.00 – $172.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $549.04 $43.00 – $161.25

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