Iron binding capacity 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

$4.32

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.

$27.00

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.

$8.74 with Care 1st vs $40.04 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 $8.74 ↑ +102%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $8.74 ↑ +102%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $8.74 ↑ +102%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.74 ↑ +102%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $8.74 ↑ +102%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $8.74 ↑ +102%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $8.74 ↑ +102%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $8.74 ↑ +102%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.74 ↑ +102%
Mercy Care Medicaid $8.74 ↑ +102%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $8.74 ↑ +102%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $8.74 ↑ +102%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $8.74 ↑ +102%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8.74 ↑ +102%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $8.74 ↑ +102%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $8.74 ↑ +102%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $8.74 ↑ +102%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.74 ↑ +102%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $8.74 ↑ +102%
Health Net Medicare $8.74 ↑ +102%
Health Net Medicaid $8.74 ↑ +102%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $8.74 ↑ +102%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $8.74 ↑ +102%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $8.74 ↑ +102%
Humana Medicare Advantage $9.00 ↑ +108%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $9.07 ↑ +110%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $9.18 ↑ +113%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $9.18 ↑ +113%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $9.61 ↑ +122%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.61 ↑ +122%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $11.68 ↑ +170%
NaphCare Federal $11.80 ↑ +173%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $11.89 ↑ +175%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $12.15 ↑ +181%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $12.15 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $12.24 ↑ +183%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $12.94 ↑ +200%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $13.11 ↑ +203%
Aetna Medical Rental $14.23 ↑ +229%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $14.42 ↑ +234%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $14.58 ↑ +238%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $15.34 ↑ +255%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $16.17 ↑ +274%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $17.04 ↑ +294%
United Healthcare UHC Core $17.88 ↑ +314%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $18.90 ↑ +338%
United Healthcare Commercial $19.66 ↑ +355%
Provider Network of America Commercial $20.25 ↑ +369%
Aetna Joint Venture $29.35 ↑ +579%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $30.03 ↑ +595%
Aetna Designated Group $31.18 ↑ +622%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $32.03 ↑ +641%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $33.64 ↑ +679%
Aetna Broad Network $36.69 ↑ +749%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $40.04 ↑ +827%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $40.04 ↑ +827%

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Iron binding capacity at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $4.27 $8.74 – $20.25
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $57.81 $8.74 – $180.95
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $4.37 $8.74 – $21.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $4.21 $8.74 – $21.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $3.43 $8.74 – $20.25
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $15.82 $8.74 – $18.90
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $4.08 $8.74 – $21.60
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $4.16 $8.74 – $21.60

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