Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
1111 East Mcdowell Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1841224870
$15.03
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.
$68.00
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.
$5.39 with Care 1st vs $42.75 with Provider Network of America — 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 |
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| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $5.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $5.55 | ↓ -63% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $5.66 | ↓ -62% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $5.66 | ↓ -62% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5.93 | ↓ -61% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $5.93 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $7.21 | ↓ -52% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $7.28 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $7.33 | ↓ -51% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $7.55 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $7.98 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $8.09 | ↓ -46% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $8.89 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $9.45 | ↓ -37% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $9.97 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $10.50 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $11.03 | ↓ -27% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $12.13 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $18.10 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $18.54 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $19.15 | ↑ +27% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $19.23 | ↑ +28% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $19.78 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $20.76 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $22.63 | ↑ +51% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $24.72 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $24.72 | ↑ +64% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $25.65 | ↑ +71% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $25.65 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $30.04 | ↑ +100% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $30.78 | ↑ +105% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $39.90 | ↑ +165% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $42.75 | ↑ +184% |
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Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $18.43 | $5.39 – $42.75 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $65.50 | $3.23 – $233.67 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $82.90 | $2.26 – $171.43 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $77.49 | $3.02 – $16.61 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $15.91 | $5.39 – $45.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $11.36 | $5.39 – $45.60 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $15.16 | $5.39 – $42.75 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $33.40 | $5.39 – $39.90 |