Fl exam g/colon tube w contrast 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

$130.31

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.

$364.00

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.

$163.80 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 $163.80 ↑ +26%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $163.80 ↑ +26%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $166.84 ↑ +28%
Health Net Medicaid $166.84 ↑ +28%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $166.84 ↑ +28%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $166.84 ↑ +28%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $166.84 ↑ +28%
Mercy Care Medicaid $166.84 ↑ +28%
Aetna Medical Rental $191.83 ↑ +47%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $196.56 ↑ +51%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $254.80 ↑ +96%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +98%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $257.63 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +98%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +98%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $257.63 ↑ +98%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +98%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $257.63 ↑ +98%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $257.63 ↑ +98%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $257.63 ↑ +98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +98%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +98%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +98%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $257.63 ↑ +98%
Health Net Medicare $257.63 ↑ +98%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $257.63 ↑ +98%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $265.36 ↑ +104%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $270.51 ↑ +108%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $270.51 ↑ +108%
Provider Network of America Commercial $273.00 ↑ +110%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $283.39 ↑ +117%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $283.39 ↑ +117%
NaphCare Federal $347.80 ↑ +167%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $350.38 ↑ +169%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $360.00 ↑ +176%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $360.68 ↑ +177%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $381.29 ↑ +193%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $386.44 ↑ +197%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $400.00 ↑ +207%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $425.09 ↑ +226%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +798%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,271.44 ↑ +876%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,114.00 ↑ +1522%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,210.00 ↑ +1596%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,326.00 ↑ +1685%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,268.08 ↑ +2408%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,485.96 ↑ +2575%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $3,660.23 ↑ +2709%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,357.45 ↑ +3244%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,357.45 ↑ +3244%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +3280%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +3491%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +4125%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Fl exam g/colon tube w contrast at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $140.87 $127.40 – $425.09
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