Wbc automated at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
1111 East Mcdowell Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1841224870
$1.46
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.
$8.00
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.
$2.54 with Gila River Health Care Corporation vs $11.91 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.
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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| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) | Medicare Advantage HMO | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $2.54 | ↑ +74% |
| Carekin | Medicare Advantage | $2.67 | ↑ +83% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $2.67 | ↑ +83% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $2.79 | ↑ +91% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $2.79 | ↑ +91% |
| NaphCare, Inc. | Federal | $3.43 | ↑ +135% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $3.60 | ↑ +147% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $3.60 | ↑ +147% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $3.63 | ↑ +149% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $3.68 | ↑ +152% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $3.81 | ↑ +161% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3.81 | ↑ +161% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $3.84 | ↑ +163% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $3.93 | ↑ +169% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $4.10 | ↑ +181% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $4.19 | ↑ +187% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $4.28 | ↑ +193% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $4.63 | ↑ +217% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4.97 | ↑ +240% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $5.14 | ↑ +252% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $5.53 | ↑ +279% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $6.00 | ↑ +311% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $8.77 | ↑ +501% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $8.80 | ↑ +503% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $9.35 | ↑ +540% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $9.35 | ↑ +540% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $9.82 | ↑ +573% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $11.00 | ↑ +653% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $11.69 | ↑ +701% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $11.69 | ↑ +701% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $11.91 | ↑ +716% |
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Wbc automated at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $23.82 | $1.52 – $14.71 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $39.35 | $1.07 – $81.37 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $1.81 | $2.54 – $4.19 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $15.50 | $2.54 – $48.51 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $3.60 | $2.54 – $4.97 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $4.69 | $2.54 – $2.79 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $1.70 | $2.54 – $3.81 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $25.69 | $1.52 – $14.71 |