Uric acid urine 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

$11.52

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.

$72.00

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.

$5.08 with Care 1st vs $23.27 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
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $5.08 ↓ -56%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $5.08 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.08 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.08 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $5.08 ↓ -56%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $5.08 ↓ -56%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $5.08 ↓ -56%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $5.08 ↓ -56%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.08 ↓ -56%
Mercy Care Medicaid $5.08 ↓ -56%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $5.08 ↓ -56%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $5.08 ↓ -56%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $5.08 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5.08 ↓ -56%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $5.08 ↓ -56%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $5.08 ↓ -56%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $5.08 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.08 ↓ -56%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $5.08 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicare $5.08 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicaid $5.08 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $5.08 ↓ -56%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $5.08 ↓ -56%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $5.08 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.23 ↓ -55%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $5.33 ↓ -54%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $5.33 ↓ -54%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $5.38 ↓ -53%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $5.59 ↓ -51%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.59 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $6.79 ↓ -41%
NaphCare Federal $6.86 ↓ -40%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $6.91 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $7.11 ↓ -38%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $7.20 ↓ -38%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $7.20 ↓ -38%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $7.52 ↓ -35%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $7.62 ↓ -34%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $8.38 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medical Rental $8.43 ↓ -27%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $8.64 ↓ -25%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $8.91 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $9.40 ↓ -18%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $9.90 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare UHC Core $10.38 ↓ -10%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $11.20 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $11.43 ↓ -1%
Provider Network of America Commercial $12.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Joint Venture $17.06 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $17.45 ↑ +51%
Aetna Designated Group $18.13 ↑ +57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $18.62 ↑ +62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $19.55 ↑ +70%
Aetna Broad Network $21.33 ↑ +85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $23.27 ↑ +102%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $23.27 ↑ +102%

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Uric acid urine at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $11.38 $5.08 – $12.00
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $19.24 $3.04 – $59.65
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $29.80 $2.13 – $18.96
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $5.00 $2.85 – $15.65
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $11.66 $5.08 – $12.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $11.23 $5.08 – $12.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $9.14 $5.08 – $12.00
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $32.81 $5.08 – $11.20

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