Potassium chloride 10 meq/100ml in sterile water intravenous piggyback 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

$0.18

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.

$3.70

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.

$0.17 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $2.77 with Provider Network of America — 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
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $0.17 ↓ -6%
Mercy Care Medicaid $0.17 ↓ -6%
Health Net Medicaid $0.17 ↓ -6%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $0.17 ↓ -6%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $0.17 ↓ -6%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $0.17 ↓ -6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $0.18 ↑ +0%
Aetna Joint Venture $0.20 ↑ +11%
Aetna Broad Network $0.20 ↑ +11%
Aetna Designated Group $0.20 ↑ +11%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $0.25 ↑ +39%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $0.28 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $0.47 ↑ +161%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $0.50 ↑ +178%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $0.53 ↑ +194%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $0.63 ↑ +250%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $0.63 ↑ +250%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $0.74 ↑ +311%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $0.83 ↑ +361%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1.11 ↑ +517%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1.24 ↑ +589%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $1.48 ↑ +722%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1.67 ↑ +828%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1.67 ↑ +828%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1.79 ↑ +894%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1.85 ↑ +928%
Health Net Medicare $1.85 ↑ +928%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1.85 ↑ +928%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1.88 ↑ +944%
Aetna Medical Rental $1.95 ↑ +983%
United Healthcare Commercial $1.98 ↑ +1000%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $2.00 ↑ +1011%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2.00 ↑ +1011%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2.59 ↑ +1339%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2.77 ↑ +1439%

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Potassium chloride 10 meq/100ml in sterile water intravenous piggyback at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $80.15 $0.10 – $44.12
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $43.17 $0.10 – $20.54
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $86.10 $0.10 – $41.58
Banner Page Hospital Page $3.30 $0.11 – $13.68
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $34.88 $0.10 – $28.50
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $86.45 $0.10 – $44.12
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $93.80 $0.10 – $45.36
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley not published $0.01 – $0.47

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