Ot evaluation low complexity patient/family 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

$49.93

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.

$314.00

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.

$62.80 with Aetna vs $513.56 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $62.80 ↑ +26%
Mercy Care Medicaid $70.34 ↑ +41%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $70.34 ↑ +41%
Health Net Medicaid $70.34 ↑ +41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $70.34 ↑ +41%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $70.65 ↑ +41%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $81.00 ↑ +62%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $94.20 ↑ +89%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $125.60 ↑ +152%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $141.30 ↑ +183%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $141.30 ↑ +183%
Aetna Joint Venture $145.07 ↑ +191%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $149.85 ↑ +200%
Aetna Designated Group $154.17 ↑ +209%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $157.00 ↑ +214%
Health Net Medicare $157.00 ↑ +214%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $157.00 ↑ +214%
Aetna Medical Rental $165.48 ↑ +231%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $169.56 ↑ +240%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $169.56 ↑ +240%
Aetna Broad Network $181.18 ↑ +263%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $203.00 ↑ +307%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $219.80 ↑ +340%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $225.00 ↑ +351%
Provider Network of America Commercial $235.50 ↑ +372%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $241.00 ↑ +383%
United Healthcare UHC Core $252.00 ↑ +405%
United Healthcare Commercial $265.00 ↑ +431%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $385.17 ↑ +671%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $410.85 ↑ +723%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $431.39 ↑ +764%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $513.56 ↑ +929%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $513.56 ↑ +929%

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Ot evaluation low complexity patient/family at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $57.15 $62.80 – $385.17
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $122.29 $107.29 – $436.28
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $204.37 $97.28 – $404.48
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $36.58 $46.60 – $328.61
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $45.90 $46.60 – $268.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $92.00 $62.80 – $385.17
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $72.85 $62.80 – $294.10
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $76.30 $62.80 – $235.50

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