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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy 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

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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.

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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.

$575.40 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $3,253.90 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $575.40
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $575.40
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $575.40
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $575.40
Health Net Medicaid $575.40
Mercy Care Medicaid $575.40
Aetna Joint Venture $806.00
Aetna Designated Group $857.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $949.44
Aetna Broad Network $1,008.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,440.42
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,603.12
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,733.25
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,253.90
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,253.90
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix not published $575.40 – $2,440.42
Banner Page Hospital Page $68.77 $49.52 – $138.70
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson not published $575.40 – $2,082.06
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson not published $575.40 – $1,466.47
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa not published $575.40 – $2,440.42
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City not published $575.40 – $1,863.43
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande not published $575.40 – $1,429.17
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West not published $575.40 – $949.44

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