45/100
#1,410 nationally
Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ 85037 · (623) 327-4000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Banner Estrella Medical Center billed $5.15 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 5.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 58
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AZ
- #17
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 41% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
674 | $18,793 | $2,638 | -3% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
295 | $73,628 | $16,903 | +13% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
145 | $54,893 | $11,359 | +26% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
122 | $26,216 | $3,377 | +27% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $32,918 | $5,006 | +20% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $43,954 | $5,474 | +25% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $68,329 | $12,535 | +9% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $31,051 | $3,183 | +23% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $14,131 | $1,933 | +9% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $17,274 | $3,071 | -10% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$83,660 | $13,264 | +36% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$60,439 | $11,190 | +30% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$39,552 | $6,832 | +29% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,216 | $3,377 | +27% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$54,893 | $11,359 | +26% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,145 | $6,813 | +26% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,954 | $5,474 | +25% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,844 | $2,771 | +24% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,299 | $1,562 | -50% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$139,061 | $38,644 | -22% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,628 | $1,855 | -18% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$63,713 | $16,818 | -16% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$31,997 | $8,706 | -15% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$49,494 | $13,864 | -12% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$76,454 | $17,200 | -11% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$37,605 | $9,460 | -10% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.