Mayo organic acids qualitative each specimen 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

$8.00

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.

$50.00

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.

$16.45 with Care 1st vs $75.36 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 $16.45 ↑ +106%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $16.45 ↑ +106%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.45 ↑ +106%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.45 ↑ +106%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $16.45 ↑ +106%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $16.45 ↑ +106%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $16.45 ↑ +106%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $16.45 ↑ +106%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.45 ↑ +106%
Mercy Care Medicaid $16.45 ↑ +106%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $16.45 ↑ +106%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $16.45 ↑ +106%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $16.45 ↑ +106%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.45 ↑ +106%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $16.45 ↑ +106%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $16.45 ↑ +106%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $16.45 ↑ +106%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.45 ↑ +106%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $16.45 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicare $16.45 ↑ +106%
Health Net Medicaid $16.45 ↑ +106%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $16.45 ↑ +106%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $16.45 ↑ +106%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $16.45 ↑ +106%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $16.80 ↑ +110%
Humana Medicare Advantage $16.94 ↑ +112%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↑ +116%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↑ +116%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $18.09 ↑ +126%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.09 ↑ +126%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $21.99 ↑ +175%
NaphCare Federal $22.21 ↑ +178%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $22.37 ↑ +180%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $22.50 ↑ +181%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $22.50 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $23.03 ↑ +188%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $24.35 ↑ +204%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $24.68 ↑ +209%
Aetna Medical Rental $26.35 ↑ +229%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $27.00 ↑ +238%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $27.14 ↑ +239%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $28.86 ↑ +261%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $30.42 ↑ +280%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $32.07 ↑ +301%
United Healthcare UHC Core $33.63 ↑ +320%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $35.00 ↑ +338%
United Healthcare Commercial $37.02 ↑ +363%
Provider Network of America Commercial $37.50 ↑ +369%
Aetna Joint Venture $55.24 ↑ +591%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $56.52 ↑ +607%
Aetna Designated Group $58.69 ↑ +634%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $60.29 ↑ +654%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $63.30 ↑ +691%
Aetna Broad Network $69.06 ↑ +763%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $75.36 ↑ +842%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $75.36 ↑ +842%

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Mayo organic acids qualitative each specimen at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $7.90 $16.45 – $37.50
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $411.04 $6.91 – $233.84
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $8.10 $16.45 – $40.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $7.80 $16.45 – $40.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $6.35 $16.45 – $37.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $7.55 $16.45 – $40.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $5.65 $16.45 – $37.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $7.70 $16.45 – $40.00

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