Revision tips 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

$3,788.36

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.

$10,582.00

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.

$3,593.71 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $13,352.00 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.

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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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $3,593.71 ↓ -5%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $3,593.71 ↓ -5%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $3,593.71 ↓ -5%
Mercy Care Medicaid $3,593.71 ↓ -5%
Health Net Medicaid $3,593.71 ↓ -5%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $3,593.71 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $3,818.00 ↑ +1%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +6%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +18%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $4,761.90 ↑ +26%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $4,761.90 ↑ +26%
Aetna Medical Rental $5,576.71 ↑ +47%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $5,714.28 ↑ +51%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
Health Net Medicare $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $6,076.79 ↑ +60%
Humana Medicare Advantage $6,259.09 ↑ +65%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $6,380.63 ↑ +68%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $6,380.63 ↑ +68%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $6,684.47 ↑ +76%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6,684.47 ↑ +76%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $7,407.40 ↑ +96%
Provider Network of America Commercial $7,936.50 ↑ +109%
NaphCare Federal $8,203.67 ↑ +117%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $8,264.43 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $8,507.51 ↑ +125%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $8,993.65 ↑ +137%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $9,115.18 ↑ +141%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $9,358.00 ↑ +147%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $9,613.00 ↑ +154%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $9,813.71 ↑ +159%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $10,026.70 ↑ +165%
United Healthcare UHC Core $10,046.00 ↑ +165%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $10,467.96 ↑ +176%
United Healthcare Commercial $10,575.00 ↑ +179%
Aetna Joint Venture $10,682.00 ↑ +182%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $10,991.27 ↑ +190%
Aetna Designated Group $11,349.00 ↑ +200%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $13,084.95 ↑ +245%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $13,084.95 ↑ +245%
Aetna Broad Network $13,352.00 ↑ +252%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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