#fecal-sodium 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

$9.28

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.

$58.00

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.

$4.86 with Care 1st vs $22.26 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $4.86 ↓ -48%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $4.86 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $4.86 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.86 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $4.86 ↓ -48%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $4.86 ↓ -48%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $4.86 ↓ -48%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $4.86 ↓ -48%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.86 ↓ -48%
Mercy Care Medicaid $4.86 ↓ -48%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $4.86 ↓ -48%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $4.86 ↓ -48%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $4.86 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $4.86 ↓ -48%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $4.86 ↓ -48%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $4.86 ↓ -48%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $4.86 ↓ -48%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.86 ↓ -48%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $4.86 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicare $4.86 ↓ -48%
Health Net Medicaid $4.86 ↓ -48%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $4.86 ↓ -48%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $4.86 ↓ -48%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $4.86 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.01 ↓ -46%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $5.04 ↓ -46%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $5.10 ↓ -45%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $5.10 ↓ -45%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $5.35 ↓ -42%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.35 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $6.50 ↓ -30%
NaphCare Federal $6.56 ↓ -29%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $6.61 ↓ -29%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $6.75 ↓ -27%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $6.75 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $6.80 ↓ -27%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $7.19 ↓ -23%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $7.29 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medical Rental $7.91 ↓ -15%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $8.02 ↓ -14%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $8.10 ↓ -13%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $8.53 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $8.99 ↓ -3%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $9.48 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare UHC Core $9.94 ↑ +7%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $10.50 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Commercial $10.94 ↑ +18%
Provider Network of America Commercial $11.25 ↑ +21%
Aetna Joint Venture $16.32 ↑ +76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $16.70 ↑ +80%
Aetna Designated Group $17.34 ↑ +87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $17.81 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $18.70 ↑ +102%
Aetna Broad Network $20.40 ↑ +120%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $22.26 ↑ +140%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $22.26 ↑ +140%

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#fecal-sodium at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $9.16 $4.86 – $11.25
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $24.05 $2.91 – $35.95
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $7.64 $2.04 – $15.01
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $34.69 $2.73 – $14.97
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $9.40 $4.86 – $12.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $9.05 $4.86 – $12.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $7.37 $4.86 – $11.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $8.76 $4.86 – $12.00

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