Folic acid 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

$7.20

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.

$45.00

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.

$14.70 with Care 1st vs $67.35 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 $14.70 ↑ +104%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $14.70 ↑ +104%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $14.70 ↑ +104%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.70 ↑ +104%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $14.70 ↑ +104%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $14.70 ↑ +104%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $14.70 ↑ +104%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $14.70 ↑ +104%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.70 ↑ +104%
Mercy Care Medicaid $14.70 ↑ +104%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $14.70 ↑ +104%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $14.70 ↑ +104%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $14.70 ↑ +104%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $14.70 ↑ +104%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $14.70 ↑ +104%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $14.70 ↑ +104%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $14.70 ↑ +104%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.70 ↑ +104%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $14.70 ↑ +104%
Health Net Medicare $14.70 ↑ +104%
Health Net Medicaid $14.70 ↑ +104%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $14.70 ↑ +104%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $14.70 ↑ +104%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $14.70 ↑ +104%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $15.12 ↑ +110%
Humana Medicare Advantage $15.14 ↑ +110%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $15.44 ↑ +114%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $15.44 ↑ +114%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $16.17 ↑ +125%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.17 ↑ +125%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $19.65 ↑ +173%
NaphCare Federal $19.84 ↑ +176%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $19.99 ↑ +178%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $20.25 ↑ +181%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $20.25 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $20.58 ↑ +186%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $21.76 ↑ +202%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $22.05 ↑ +206%
Aetna Medical Rental $23.71 ↑ +229%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $24.25 ↑ +237%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $24.30 ↑ +238%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $25.81 ↑ +258%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $27.19 ↑ +278%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $28.68 ↑ +298%
United Healthcare UHC Core $30.06 ↑ +318%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $31.50 ↑ +338%
United Healthcare Commercial $33.08 ↑ +359%
Provider Network of America Commercial $33.75 ↑ +369%
Aetna Joint Venture $49.36 ↑ +586%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $50.51 ↑ +602%
Aetna Designated Group $52.45 ↑ +628%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $53.88 ↑ +648%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $56.57 ↑ +686%
Aetna Broad Network $61.71 ↑ +757%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $67.35 ↑ +835%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $67.35 ↑ +835%

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Folic acid at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $7.11 $14.70 – $33.75
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $54.96 $8.82 – $196.08
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Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $7.29 $14.70 – $36.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $7.02 $14.70 – $36.00
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