Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst 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

$307.17

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.

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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$593.00

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.

$171.73 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $702.62 with Oscar Health Plan — 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

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 $171.73 ↓ -44%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $199.25 ↓ -35%
Health Net Medicaid $250.73 ↓ -18%
Mercy Care Medicaid $250.73 ↓ -18%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $250.73 ↓ -18%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $250.73 ↓ -18%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $250.73 ↓ -18%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $250.73 ↓ -18%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $266.85 ↓ -13%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $266.85 ↓ -13%
Aetna Joint Venture $273.97 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $287.61 ↓ -6%
Aetna Designated Group $291.16 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare UHC Core $300.65 ↓ -2%
Aetna Medical Rental $312.51 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial $316.66 ↑ +3%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $320.22 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $342.16 ↑ +11%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $360.00 ↑ +17%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $400.00 ↑ +30%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $415.10 ↑ +35%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $425.83 ↑ +39%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $425.83 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $425.83 ↑ +39%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $425.83 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $425.83 ↑ +39%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $425.83 ↑ +39%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $425.83 ↑ +39%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $425.83 ↑ +39%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $425.83 ↑ +39%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $425.83 ↑ +39%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $425.83 ↑ +39%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $425.83 ↑ +39%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $425.83 ↑ +39%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $425.83 ↑ +39%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $425.83 ↑ +39%
Health Net Medicare $425.83 ↑ +39%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $425.83 ↑ +39%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $425.83 ↑ +39%
Humana Medicare Advantage $438.60 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $441.40 ↑ +44%
Provider Network of America Commercial $444.75 ↑ +45%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $447.12 ↑ +46%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $447.12 ↑ +46%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $468.41 ↑ +52%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $468.41 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $470.83 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $494.37 ↑ +61%
NaphCare Federal $574.87 ↑ +87%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $579.13 ↑ +89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $588.54 ↑ +92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $588.54 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $596.16 ↑ +94%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $630.23 ↑ +105%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $638.75 ↑ +108%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $702.62 ↑ +129%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $229.49 $207.55 – $702.62
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $425.93 $101.92 – $819.23
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $101.92 – $438.61
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $162.12 $92.26 – $507.43
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $212.72 $205.10 – $702.62
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $308.82 $205.10 – $702.62
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $227.71 $199.25 – $702.62
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $171.38 $199.25 – $702.62

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