MRI upper extremity w/dye at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
1111 East Mcdowell Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1841224870
$397.06
Cash price 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.
$2,068.00
Gross charge 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.
$266.89 with Banner University Health Plan vs $1,885.43 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $266.89 | ↓ -33% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $266.89 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $266.89 | ↓ -33% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $266.89 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $266.89 | ↓ -33% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $266.89 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $413.60 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $465.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $550.14 | ↑ +39% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $620.40 | ↑ +56% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $694.85 | ↑ +75% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $827.20 | ↑ +108% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $930.60 | ↑ +134% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $930.60 | ↑ +134% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $955.42 | ↑ +141% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,015.39 | ↑ +156% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,034.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $1,034.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,034.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,089.84 | ↑ +174% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,116.72 | ↑ +181% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,116.72 | ↑ +181% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,193.24 | ↑ +201% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,346.00 | ↑ +239% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,414.07 | ↑ +256% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,447.60 | ↑ +265% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,496.00 | ↑ +277% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,508.34 | ↑ +280% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,551.00 | ↑ +291% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,583.75 | ↑ +299% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,885.43 | ↑ +375% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,885.43 | ↑ +375% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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MRI upper extremity w/dye at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $390.85 | $266.89 – $1,580.51 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $836.54 | $357.62 – $2,984.51 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $1,001.23 | $357.62 – $2,070.59 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $584.04 | $266.89 – $2,525.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $498.81 | $266.89 – $2,525.60 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $366.04 | $266.89 – $1,580.51 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $304.00 | $266.89 – $1,654.40 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $409.46 | $266.89 – $1,551.00 |