Unlisted procedure spine 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

$1,370.78

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.

$3,829.00

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.

$149.49 with Banner University Health Plan 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.

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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
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $149.49 ↓ -89%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $149.49 ↓ -89%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $149.49 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid $149.49 ↓ -89%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $149.49 ↓ -89%
Mercy Care Medicaid $149.49 ↓ -89%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $255.67 ↓ -81%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $255.67 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $255.67 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $255.67 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $255.67 ↓ -81%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $255.67 ↓ -81%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $255.67 ↓ -81%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $255.67 ↓ -81%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $255.67 ↓ -81%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $255.67 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $255.67 ↓ -81%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $255.67 ↓ -81%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $255.67 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $255.67 ↓ -81%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $255.67 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicare $255.67 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $255.67 ↓ -81%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $255.67 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare Advantage $263.34 ↓ -81%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $268.45 ↓ -80%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $268.45 ↓ -80%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $281.24 ↓ -79%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $281.24 ↓ -79%
NaphCare Federal $345.15 ↓ -75%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $347.71 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $357.94 ↓ -74%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $378.39 ↓ -72%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $383.50 ↓ -72%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $400.05 ↓ -71%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $400.05 ↓ -71%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $421.86 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medical Rental $468.50 ↓ -66%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $480.06 ↓ -65%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $622.30 ↓ -55%
Provider Network of America Commercial $666.75 ↓ -51%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,271.44 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,114.00 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,210.00 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,326.00 ↑ +70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,268.08 ↑ +138%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,485.96 ↑ +154%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $3,660.23 ↑ +167%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +193%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,357.45 ↑ +218%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,357.45 ↑ +218%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +221%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +226%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +241%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +302%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Unlisted procedure spine at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $153.23 – $263.35
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix not published $153.23 – $263.34
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $2,368.47 $153.23 – $2,713.20
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $153.23 – $255.67
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson not published $149.49 – $2,788.18
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa not published $149.49 – $3,268.08
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $153.23 – $263.35
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler not published $153.23 – $255.67

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