Magnesium 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

$21.12

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.

$132.00

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.

$6.70 with Care 1st vs $30.71 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 $6.70 ↓ -68%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $6.70 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -68%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $6.70 ↓ -68%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $6.70 ↓ -68%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $6.70 ↓ -68%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -68%
Mercy Care Medicaid $6.70 ↓ -68%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $6.70 ↓ -68%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $6.70 ↓ -68%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $6.70 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -68%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -68%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $6.70 ↓ -68%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -68%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $6.70 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicare $6.70 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid $6.70 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $6.70 ↓ -68%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $6.70 ↓ -68%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare Advantage $6.90 ↓ -67%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $7.04 ↓ -67%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $7.04 ↓ -67%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $7.06 ↓ -67%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $7.37 ↓ -65%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.37 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $8.96 ↓ -58%
NaphCare Federal $9.04 ↓ -57%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $9.11 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $9.38 ↓ -56%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $9.45 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $9.45 ↓ -55%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $9.92 ↓ -53%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $10.05 ↓ -52%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $11.05 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medical Rental $11.07 ↓ -48%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $11.34 ↓ -46%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $11.77 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $12.39 ↓ -41%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $13.08 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare UHC Core $13.70 ↓ -35%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $14.70 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Commercial $15.07 ↓ -29%
Provider Network of America Commercial $15.75 ↓ -25%
Aetna Joint Venture $22.50 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $23.03 ↑ +9%
Aetna Designated Group $23.91 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $24.57 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $25.80 ↑ +22%
Aetna Broad Network $28.13 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $30.71 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $30.71 ↑ +45%

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Magnesium at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $20.86 $6.70 – $15.75
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $51.30 $4.02 – $183.01
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $87.86 $2.81 – $18.96
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $72.57 $3.76 – $20.64
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $14.74 $6.70 – $16.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $14.20 $6.70 – $16.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $16.76 $6.70 – $15.75
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