Pr incision & drainage abscess simple/single 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

$284.38

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.

$549.00

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.

$130.17 with Banner University Health Plan vs $588.54 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
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $130.17 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicaid $130.17 ↓ -54%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $130.17 ↓ -54%
Mercy Care Medicaid $130.17 ↓ -54%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $130.17 ↓ -54%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $130.17 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $171.73 ↓ -40%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $184.46 ↓ -35%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↓ -26%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $211.78 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↓ -26%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↓ -26%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $211.78 ↓ -26%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↓ -26%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $211.78 ↓ -26%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $211.78 ↓ -26%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $211.78 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↓ -26%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↓ -26%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↓ -26%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $211.78 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicare $211.78 ↓ -26%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $211.78 ↓ -26%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $211.78 ↓ -26%
Humana Medicare Advantage $218.13 ↓ -23%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $222.37 ↓ -22%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $222.37 ↓ -22%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $232.96 ↓ -18%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $232.96 ↓ -18%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $247.05 ↓ -13%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $247.05 ↓ -13%
Aetna Joint Venture $253.64 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $266.26 ↓ -6%
Aetna Designated Group $269.56 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare UHC Core $278.34 ↓ -2%
NaphCare Federal $285.90 ↑ +1%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $288.02 ↑ +1%
Aetna Medical Rental $289.32 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial $293.17 ↑ +3%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $296.46 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $296.49 ↑ +4%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $313.43 ↑ +10%
Aetna Broad Network $316.77 ↑ +11%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $317.67 ↑ +12%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $349.44 ↑ +23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $360.69 ↑ +27%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $377.16 ↑ +33%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $384.30 ↑ +35%
Provider Network of America Commercial $411.75 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $441.40 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $470.83 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $494.37 ↑ +74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $588.54 ↑ +107%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $588.54 ↑ +107%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Pr incision & drainage abscess simple/single at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $212.46 $130.17 – $411.75
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $270.46 $112.65 – $559.32
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $112.65 – $218.14
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $117.84 $23.52 – $168.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $152.10 $130.17 – $349.44
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $210.82 $130.17 – $411.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $158.66 $130.17 – $439.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $247.05 $130.17 – $411.75

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