Warde 3708165 mercury 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

$14.08

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.

$88.00

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.

$16.26 with Care 1st vs $74.47 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 $16.26 ↑ +15%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $16.26 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.26 ↑ +15%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.26 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $16.26 ↑ +15%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $16.26 ↑ +15%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $16.26 ↑ +15%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $16.26 ↑ +15%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.26 ↑ +15%
Mercy Care Medicaid $16.26 ↑ +15%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $16.26 ↑ +15%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $16.26 ↑ +15%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $16.26 ↑ +15%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.26 ↑ +15%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $16.26 ↑ +15%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $16.26 ↑ +15%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $16.26 ↑ +15%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.26 ↑ +15%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $16.26 ↑ +15%
Health Net Medicare $16.26 ↑ +15%
Health Net Medicaid $16.26 ↑ +15%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $16.26 ↑ +15%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $16.26 ↑ +15%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $16.26 ↑ +15%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $16.46 ↑ +17%
Humana Medicare Advantage $16.75 ↑ +19%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $17.07 ↑ +21%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $17.07 ↑ +21%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $17.89 ↑ +27%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.89 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $21.73 ↑ +54%
NaphCare Federal $21.95 ↑ +56%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $22.05 ↑ +57%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $22.05 ↑ +57%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $22.11 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $22.76 ↑ +62%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $24.06 ↑ +71%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $24.39 ↑ +73%
Aetna Medical Rental $25.82 ↑ +83%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $26.46 ↑ +88%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $26.83 ↑ +91%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $28.54 ↑ +103%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $30.07 ↑ +114%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $31.71 ↑ +125%
United Healthcare UHC Core $33.25 ↑ +136%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $34.30 ↑ +144%
United Healthcare Commercial $36.59 ↑ +160%
Provider Network of America Commercial $36.75 ↑ +161%
Aetna Joint Venture $54.60 ↑ +288%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $55.86 ↑ +297%
Aetna Designated Group $58.02 ↑ +312%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $59.58 ↑ +323%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $62.56 ↑ +344%
Aetna Broad Network $68.26 ↑ +385%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $74.47 ↑ +429%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $74.47 ↑ +429%

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Warde 3708165 mercury urine at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $13.90 $16.26 – $36.75
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $70.08 $9.75 – $79.25
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $37.06 $6.83 – $76.63
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $16.00 $9.11 – $50.09
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $14.26 $16.26 – $39.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $13.73 $16.26 – $39.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $11.18 $16.26 – $36.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $13.29 $16.26 – $39.20

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