Remove brain canal fluid at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
1111 East Mcdowell Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1841224870
$206.21
Cash price 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.
$576.00
Gross charge 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.
$189.35 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $5,506.00 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $189.35 | ↓ -8% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $189.35 | ↓ -8% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $189.35 | ↓ -8% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $189.35 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $189.35 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $189.35 | ↓ -8% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $259.20 | ↑ +26% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $259.20 | ↑ +26% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $303.55 | ↑ +47% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $311.04 | ↑ +51% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $314.62 | ↑ +53% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $324.06 | ↑ +57% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $330.35 | ↑ +60% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $330.35 | ↑ +60% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $346.08 | ↑ +68% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $346.08 | ↑ +68% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $403.20 | ↑ +96% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $424.74 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $427.88 | ↑ +107% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $432.00 | ↑ +109% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $440.47 | ↑ +114% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $465.64 | ↑ +126% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $471.93 | ↑ +129% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $519.12 | ↑ +152% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $949.44 | ↑ +360% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,170.00 | ↑ +467% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,114.00 | ↑ +925% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,210.00 | ↑ +972% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,326.00 | ↑ +1028% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $2,440.42 | ↑ +1083% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $2,603.12 | ↑ +1162% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $2,733.25 | ↑ +1225% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $3,253.90 | ↑ +1478% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $3,253.90 | ↑ +1478% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,018.00 | ↑ +1848% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $4,405.00 | ↑ +2036% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,464.00 | ↑ +2065% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $4,680.00 | ↑ +2170% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $5,506.00 | ↑ +2570% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Remove brain canal fluid at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $83.32 – $324.06 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | not published | $83.32 – $324.06 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $742.70 | $189.35 – $1,636.80 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $83.32 – $314.62 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | not published | $83.32 – $333.50 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | not published | $83.32 – $324.06 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | not published | $76.64 – $78.56 |