St evaluation swallow function 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

$104.06

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.

$423.00

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.

$81.00 with Aetna vs $609.35 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $81.00 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $84.60 ↓ -19%
Mercy Care Medicaid $94.75 ↓ -9%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $94.75 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicaid $94.75 ↓ -9%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $94.75 ↓ -9%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $95.17 ↓ -9%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $126.90 ↑ +22%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $169.20 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $177.80 ↑ +71%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $190.35 ↑ +83%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $190.35 ↑ +83%
Aetna Joint Venture $195.43 ↑ +88%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $203.00 ↑ +95%
Aetna Designated Group $207.69 ↑ +100%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $211.50 ↑ +103%
Health Net Medicare $211.50 ↑ +103%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $211.50 ↑ +103%
Aetna Medical Rental $222.92 ↑ +114%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $225.00 ↑ +116%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $228.42 ↑ +120%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $228.42 ↑ +120%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $241.00 ↑ +132%
Aetna Broad Network $244.07 ↑ +135%
United Healthcare UHC Core $252.00 ↑ +142%
United Healthcare Commercial $265.00 ↑ +155%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $296.10 ↑ +185%
Provider Network of America Commercial $317.25 ↑ +205%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $457.01 ↑ +339%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $487.48 ↑ +368%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $511.85 ↑ +392%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $609.35 ↑ +486%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $609.35 ↑ +486%

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St evaluation swallow function at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $113.79 $81.00 – $457.01
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $103.05 $74.38 – $367.65
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $182.22 $74.38 – $376.83
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $86.77 $63.80 – $389.90
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $48.81 $63.80 – $274.62
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $71.49 $81.00 – $457.01
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $88.41 $81.00 – $348.96
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $73.18 $81.00 – $317.25

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