Pulmonary vent imaging 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

$489.10

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.

$1,232.00

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.

$273.41 with Banner University Health Plan vs $1,909.17 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
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $273.41 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -44%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $273.41 ↓ -44%
Mercy Care Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -44%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -44%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $311.29 ↓ -36%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $413.95 ↓ -15%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -12%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $428.28 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -12%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -12%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $428.28 ↓ -12%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -12%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $428.28 ↓ -12%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $428.28 ↓ -12%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $428.28 ↓ -12%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -12%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -12%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $428.28 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicare $428.28 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $428.28 ↓ -12%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -12%
Humana Medicare Advantage $441.13 ↓ -10%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↓ -8%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↓ -8%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $471.11 ↓ -4%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↓ -4%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $554.40 ↑ +13%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $554.40 ↑ +13%
Aetna Joint Venture $569.18 ↑ +16%
NaphCare Federal $578.18 ↑ +18%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $582.46 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $599.59 ↑ +23%
Aetna Designated Group $604.91 ↑ +24%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $633.85 ↑ +30%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $642.42 ↑ +31%
Aetna Medical Rental $649.26 ↑ +33%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $665.28 ↑ +36%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $706.66 ↑ +44%
Aetna Broad Network $710.86 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $800.14 ↑ +64%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $809.42 ↑ +65%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $846.38 ↑ +73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $853.48 ↑ +75%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $862.40 ↑ +76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $896.15 ↑ +83%
Provider Network of America Commercial $924.00 ↑ +89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,066.85 ↑ +118%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,066.85 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,617.92 ↑ +231%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,763.10 ↑ +260%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,909.17 ↑ +290%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Pulmonary vent imaging at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $259.95 $273.41 – $924.00
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $730.77 $180.60 – $1,511.27
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $433.95 $180.60 – $1,358.28
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $354.96 $242.63 – $1,044.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $386.85 $273.41 – $924.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $261.18 $273.41 – $985.60
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $261.18 $273.41 – $985.60
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $344.96 $273.41 – $924.00

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