Interrogation vad in person 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

$84.38

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.

$288.00

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.

$72.72 with Health Net vs $400.75 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
Health Net Medicaid $72.72 ↓ -14%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $72.72 ↓ -14%
Mercy Care Medicaid $72.72 ↓ -14%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $72.72 ↓ -14%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $72.72 ↓ -14%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $72.72 ↓ -14%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $96.77 ↑ +15%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $97.83 ↑ +16%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $97.83 ↑ +16%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $97.83 ↑ +16%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $97.83 ↑ +16%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $97.83 ↑ +16%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $97.83 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $97.83 ↑ +16%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $97.83 ↑ +16%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $97.83 ↑ +16%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $97.83 ↑ +16%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $97.83 ↑ +16%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $97.83 ↑ +16%
Health Net Medicare $97.83 ↑ +16%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $97.83 ↑ +16%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $97.83 ↑ +16%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $97.83 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $97.83 ↑ +16%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $97.83 ↑ +16%
Humana Medicare Advantage $100.76 ↑ +19%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $102.72 ↑ +22%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $102.72 ↑ +22%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $107.61 ↑ +28%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $107.61 ↑ +28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $116.93 ↑ +39%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $129.60 ↑ +54%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $129.60 ↑ +54%
NaphCare Federal $132.07 ↑ +57%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $133.05 ↑ +58%
Aetna Joint Venture $133.06 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $136.96 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $139.68 ↑ +66%
Aetna Designated Group $141.41 ↑ +68%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $144.79 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare UHC Core $146.02 ↑ +73%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $146.75 ↑ +74%
Aetna Medical Rental $151.78 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare Commercial $153.79 ↑ +82%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $155.52 ↑ +84%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $161.42 ↑ +91%
Aetna Broad Network $166.18 ↑ +97%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $189.22 ↑ +124%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $197.86 ↑ +134%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $201.60 ↑ +139%
Provider Network of America Commercial $216.00 ↑ +156%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $300.56 ↑ +256%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $320.60 ↑ +280%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $336.62 ↑ +299%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $400.75 ↑ +375%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $400.75 ↑ +375%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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Interrogation vad in person at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $103.10 $72.72 – $313.60

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