Ghs fb removal - incisional 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

$861.95

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.

$1,664.00

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.

$559.10 with Aetna vs $4,357.45 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
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $559.10 ↓ -35%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $748.80 ↓ -13%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $748.80 ↓ -13%
Aetna Joint Venture $768.77 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $807.04 ↓ -6%
Aetna Designated Group $817.02 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare UHC Core $843.65 ↓ -2%
Aetna Medical Rental $876.93 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial $888.58 ↑ +3%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $898.56 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $960.13 ↑ +11%
Health Net Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +18%
Mercy Care Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +18%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +18%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +18%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $1,020.08 ↑ +18%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $1,020.08 ↑ +18%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,093.25 ↑ +27%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,143.17 ↑ +33%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,164.80 ↑ +35%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,248.00 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,271.44 ↑ +48%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
Health Net Medicare $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,726.88 ↑ +100%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,778.69 ↑ +106%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,813.22 ↑ +110%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,813.22 ↑ +110%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,899.57 ↑ +120%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $1,899.57 ↑ +120%
NaphCare Federal $2,331.29 ↑ +170%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,348.56 ↑ +172%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,417.63 ↑ +180%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,555.78 ↑ +197%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,590.32 ↑ +201%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,849.35 ↑ +231%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,268.08 ↑ +279%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,485.96 ↑ +304%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $3,660.23 ↑ +325%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,357.45 ↑ +406%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,357.45 ↑ +406%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Ghs fb removal - incisional at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $193.11 – $1,778.69
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix not published $193.11 – $1,778.69
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $638.98 $559.10 – $2,849.35
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $748.80 $582.40 – $2,590.32
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $470.91 $582.40 – $2,849.35
Banner Page Hospital Page $226.55 $163.16 – $456.95
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $2,894.55 $193.11 – $384.78
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $193.11 – $1,726.88

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