Kit ipg optimizer smart 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

$50,599.98

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.

$176,923.00

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.

$13,228.80 with Aetna vs $94,476.88 with United Healthcare — 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 Medicare Advantage $13,228.80 ↓ -74%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $14,816.26 ↓ -71%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $14,816.26 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid $14,816.26 ↓ -71%
Mercy Care Medicaid $14,816.26 ↓ -71%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $14,816.26 ↓ -71%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $14,816.26 ↓ -71%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $14,882.40 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $15,410.00 ↓ -70%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $19,843.20 ↓ -61%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $22,224.38 ↓ -56%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $26,457.60 ↓ -48%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $29,764.80 ↓ -41%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $29,764.80 ↓ -41%
Aetna Joint Venture $30,558.53 ↓ -40%
Aetna Designated Group $32,476.70 ↓ -36%
Health Net Medicare $33,072.00 ↓ -35%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $33,072.00 ↓ -35%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $33,072.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medical Rental $34,857.89 ↓ -31%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $35,717.76 ↓ -29%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $35,717.76 ↓ -29%
Aetna Broad Network $38,165.09 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $39,609.56 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $42,250.20 ↓ -17%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $43,456.61 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $44,362.38 ↓ -12%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $45,440.93 ↓ -10%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $46,300.80 ↓ -8%
Provider Network of America Commercial $49,608.00 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $52,812.75 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $52,812.75 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $85,807.65 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare UHC Core $89,699.96 ↑ +77%
United Healthcare Commercial $94,476.88 ↑ +87%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $23,837.95 $7,942.20 – $44,816.70
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