X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views 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

$104.34

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.

$370.00

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.

$45.26 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $409.57 with United Healthcare — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $45.26 ↓ -57%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -44%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $58.65 ↓ -44%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -44%
Mercy Care Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -44%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $58.65 ↓ -44%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -10%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $93.85 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -10%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -10%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $93.85 ↓ -10%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -10%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $93.85 ↓ -10%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $93.85 ↓ -10%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $93.85 ↓ -10%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -10%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -10%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -10%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $93.85 ↓ -10%
Health Net Medicare $93.85 ↓ -10%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $93.85 ↓ -10%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -10%
Humana Medicare Advantage $96.67 ↓ -7%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $98.54 ↓ -6%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $98.54 ↓ -6%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $103.23 ↓ -1%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $103.23 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $116.35 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $124.10 ↑ +19%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $124.32 ↑ +19%
NaphCare Federal $126.70 ↑ +21%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $127.64 ↑ +22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $130.31 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $131.39 ↑ +26%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $138.90 ↑ +33%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $140.78 ↑ +35%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $154.85 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $155.13 ↑ +49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $155.13 ↑ +49%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $166.50 ↑ +60%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $166.50 ↑ +60%
Aetna Joint Venture $170.94 ↑ +64%
Aetna Designated Group $181.67 ↑ +74%
Aetna Medical Rental $194.99 ↑ +87%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $199.80 ↑ +91%
Aetna Broad Network $213.49 ↑ +105%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $243.09 ↑ +133%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $254.19 ↑ +144%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $259.00 ↑ +148%
Provider Network of America Commercial $277.50 ↑ +166%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $347.17 ↑ +233%
United Healthcare UHC Core $378.33 ↑ +263%
United Healthcare Commercial $409.57 ↑ +293%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $96.57 $58.65 – $277.50
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $229.69 $41.48 – $819.46
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $333.11 $41.48 – $688.88
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $208.12 $41.48 – $260.26
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $152.10 $54.25 – $405.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $156.16 $54.25 – $405.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $106.56 $58.65 – $277.50
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $216.78 $36.07 – $259.00

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