Heparin-protamine tolerance 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

$7.32

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.

$40.00

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.

$13.09 with Care 1st vs $60.03 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 $13.09 ↑ +79%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $13.09 ↑ +79%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $13.09 ↑ +79%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.09 ↑ +79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $13.09 ↑ +79%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $13.09 ↑ +79%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $13.09 ↑ +79%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $13.09 ↑ +79%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.09 ↑ +79%
Mercy Care Medicaid $13.09 ↑ +79%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $13.09 ↑ +79%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $13.09 ↑ +79%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $13.09 ↑ +79%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.09 ↑ +79%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $13.09 ↑ +79%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $13.09 ↑ +79%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $13.09 ↑ +79%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.09 ↑ +79%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $13.09 ↑ +79%
Health Net Medicare $13.09 ↑ +79%
Health Net Medicaid $13.09 ↑ +79%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $13.09 ↑ +79%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $13.09 ↑ +79%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $13.09 ↑ +79%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $13.44 ↑ +84%
Humana Medicare Advantage $13.48 ↑ +84%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $13.74 ↑ +88%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $13.74 ↑ +88%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $14.40 ↑ +97%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.40 ↑ +97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $17.52 ↑ +139%
NaphCare Federal $17.67 ↑ +141%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $17.80 ↑ +143%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $18.00 ↑ +146%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $18.00 ↑ +146%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $18.33 ↑ +150%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $19.37 ↑ +165%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $19.64 ↑ +168%
Aetna Medical Rental $21.08 ↑ +188%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $21.60 ↑ +195%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $21.60 ↑ +195%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $22.98 ↑ +214%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $24.21 ↑ +231%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $25.53 ↑ +249%
United Healthcare UHC Core $26.77 ↑ +266%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $28.00 ↑ +283%
United Healthcare Commercial $29.46 ↑ +302%
Provider Network of America Commercial $30.00 ↑ +310%
Aetna Joint Venture $43.96 ↑ +501%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $45.02 ↑ +515%
Aetna Designated Group $46.71 ↑ +538%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $48.03 ↑ +556%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $50.43 ↑ +589%
Aetna Broad Network $54.95 ↑ +651%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $60.03 ↑ +720%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $60.03 ↑ +720%

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Heparin-protamine tolerance at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $9.04 $13.09 – $30.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $5.48 $13.09 – $32.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $5.20 $13.09 – $32.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $7.40 $13.09 – $32.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $7.56 $13.09 – $30.00
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $9.04 $13.09 – $30.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $6.92 $13.09 – $30.00
Banner Goldfield Medical Center Apache Junction $8.36 $13.09 – $30.00

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