Nuclear rx intra-articular 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

$355.81

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.

$894.00

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.

$61.86 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $1,263.71 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $61.86 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $159.01 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $169.61 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $178.09 ↓ -50%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $180.97 ↓ -49%
Mercy Care Medicaid $180.97 ↓ -49%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $180.97 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicaid $180.97 ↓ -49%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $180.97 ↓ -49%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $180.97 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $212.01 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $212.01 ↓ -40%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $238.88 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -33%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -33%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -33%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -33%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $238.88 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -33%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -33%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $238.88 ↓ -33%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $238.88 ↓ -33%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $238.88 ↓ -33%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicare $238.88 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -33%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $238.88 ↓ -33%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $238.88 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -33%
Humana Medicare Advantage $246.05 ↓ -31%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $250.82 ↓ -30%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $250.82 ↓ -30%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $262.77 ↓ -26%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $262.77 ↓ -26%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $300.38 ↓ -16%
NaphCare Federal $322.49 ↓ -9%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $324.88 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $334.43 ↓ -6%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $353.54 ↓ -1%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $358.32 ↑ +1%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $394.15 ↑ +11%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $402.30 ↑ +13%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $402.30 ↑ +13%
Aetna Joint Venture $413.03 ↑ +16%
Aetna Designated Group $438.95 ↑ +23%
Aetna Medical Rental $471.14 ↑ +32%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $482.76 ↑ +36%
Aetna Broad Network $515.84 ↑ +45%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $587.36 ↑ +65%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $614.18 ↑ +73%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $625.80 ↑ +76%
Provider Network of America Commercial $670.50 ↑ +88%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,086.01 ↑ +205%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,183.46 ↑ +233%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,263.71 ↑ +255%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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Nuclear rx intra-articular at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $267.53 $159.01 – $670.50
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $317.37 $159.01 – $670.50
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $413.03 $159.01 – $670.50

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