Plmt biliary drainage cath 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

$2,038.45

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$5,694.00

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.

$1,271.44 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $16,820.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. — 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 $1,271.44 ↓ -38%
Mercy Care Medicaid $2,307.97 ↑ +13%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $2,307.97 ↑ +13%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $2,307.97 ↑ +13%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $2,307.97 ↑ +13%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $2,307.97 ↑ +13%
Health Net Medicaid $2,307.97 ↑ +13%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $2,562.30 ↑ +26%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $2,562.30 ↑ +26%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $2,633.00 ↑ +29%
Aetna Medical Rental $3,000.74 ↑ +47%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $3,074.76 ↑ +51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,268.08 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,485.96 ↑ +71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $3,660.23 ↑ +80%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
Health Net Medicare $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $3,761.34 ↑ +85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3,874.18 ↑ +90%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $3,949.41 ↑ +94%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $3,949.41 ↑ +94%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $3,985.80 ↑ +96%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $4,137.47 ↑ +103%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4,137.47 ↑ +103%
Provider Network of America Commercial $4,270.50 ↑ +109%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,357.45 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,357.45 ↑ +114%
NaphCare Federal $5,077.81 ↑ +149%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $5,115.42 ↑ +151%
Aetna Joint Venture $5,186.00 ↑ +154%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $5,265.88 ↑ +158%
Aetna Designated Group $5,511.00 ↑ +170%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $5,566.78 ↑ +173%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $5,642.01 ↑ +177%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $6,206.21 ↑ +204%
Aetna Broad Network $6,483.00 ↑ +218%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $6,560.00 ↑ +222%
United Healthcare UHC Core $6,856.00 ↑ +236%
United Healthcare Commercial $7,217.00 ↑ +254%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $15,138.00 ↑ +643%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $16,820.00 ↑ +725%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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