Whole blood for transfusion at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
1111 East Mcdowell Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1841224870
$166.40
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.
$650.00
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.
$108.85 with Banner University Health Plan vs $567.54 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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| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $108.85 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $108.85 | ↓ -35% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $108.85 | ↓ -35% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $108.85 | ↓ -35% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $108.85 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $108.85 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $165.60 | ↓ -0% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $218.40 | ↑ +31% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $239.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $247.14 | ↑ +49% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $251.94 | ↑ +51% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $251.94 | ↑ +51% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $263.93 | ↑ +59% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $263.93 | ↑ +59% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $292.50 | ↑ +76% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $292.50 | ↑ +76% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $300.30 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $319.15 | ↑ +92% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $323.92 | ↑ +95% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $325.00 | ↑ +95% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $326.32 | ↑ +96% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $335.92 | ↑ +102% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $339.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $342.55 | ↑ +106% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $351.00 | ↑ +111% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $355.11 | ↑ +113% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $357.00 | ↑ +115% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $359.91 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $375.05 | ↑ +125% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $395.90 | ↑ +138% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $425.65 | ↑ +156% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $427.05 | ↑ +157% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $446.55 | ↑ +168% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $454.03 | ↑ +173% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $455.00 | ↑ +173% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $476.73 | ↑ +186% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $487.50 | ↑ +193% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $567.54 | ↑ +241% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $567.54 | ↑ +241% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Whole blood for transfusion at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $174.85 | $108.85 – $487.50 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $243.43 | $111.57 – $868.48 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $382.39 | $111.57 – $790.79 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $59.04 | $33.60 – $239.94 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $181.35 | $108.85 – $520.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $109.85 | $108.85 – $520.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $73.45 | $108.85 – $520.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $209.95 | $108.85 – $487.50 |