Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited w/contrast or without & w/contrast at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$316.54
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.
$1,292.00
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.
$266.89 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $2,341.00 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.
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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| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $266.89 | ↓ -16% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $266.89 | ↓ -16% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $266.89 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $266.89 | ↓ -16% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $266.89 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $380.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $399.67 | ↑ +26% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $399.67 | ↑ +26% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $418.70 | ↑ +32% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $418.70 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $434.11 | ↑ +37% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $452.20 | ↑ +43% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $513.86 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $517.67 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $529.51 | ↑ +67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $529.51 | ↑ +67% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $532.90 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $563.35 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $564.82 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $570.96 | ↑ +80% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $581.40 | ↑ +84% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $581.40 | ↑ +84% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $593.05 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $596.90 | ↑ +89% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $628.06 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $634.37 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $680.88 | ↑ +115% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $697.68 | ↑ +120% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $706.02 | ↑ +123% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $706.02 | ↑ +123% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $706.02 | ↑ +123% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $745.48 | ↑ +136% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $848.84 | ↑ +168% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $887.60 | ↑ +180% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $904.40 | ↑ +186% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $969.00 | ↑ +206% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,128.00 | ↑ +572% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,224.00 | ↑ +603% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,341.00 | ↑ +640% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited w/contrast or without & w/contrast at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $276.49 | $266.89 – $969.00 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $228.68 | $266.89 – $969.00 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $378.41 | $273.56 – $1,251.65 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $302.83 | $172.34 – $947.87 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $317.83 | $206.01 – $969.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $213.20 | $266.89 – $820.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $292.12 | $266.89 – $820.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $251.94 | $266.89 – $1,033.60 |