Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at Banner Heart Hospital

6750 E Baywood Avenue, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1215961248

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$182.84

Cash price

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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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$1,033.00

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.

$166.84 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.

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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
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -9%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -9%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $166.84 ↓ -9%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicare $257.63 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +41%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +41%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $257.63 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +41%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +41%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +41%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $257.63 ↑ +41%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $257.63 ↑ +41%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $257.63 ↑ +41%
Humana Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +41%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +41%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $257.63 ↑ +41%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $257.63 ↑ +41%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↑ +41%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $257.63 ↑ +41%
Aetna Joint Venture $263.80 ↑ +44%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $270.51 ↑ +48%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $270.51 ↑ +48%
Aetna Designated Group $280.29 ↑ +53%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $283.39 ↑ +55%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $283.39 ↑ +55%
Aetna Broad Network $329.75 ↑ +80%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $347.09 ↑ +90%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $350.38 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $360.68 ↑ +97%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $361.55 ↑ +98%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $381.29 ↑ +109%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $386.44 ↑ +111%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $425.09 ↑ +132%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $444.03 ↑ +143%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $464.85 ↑ +154%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $464.85 ↑ +154%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $473.64 ↑ +159%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $497.32 ↑ +172%
Aetna Medical Rental $544.39 ↑ +198%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $557.82 ↑ +205%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $592.04 ↑ +224%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $592.04 ↑ +224%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $592.04 ↑ +224%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $678.68 ↑ +271%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $709.67 ↑ +288%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $723.10 ↑ +295%
Provider Network of America Commercial $774.75 ↑ +324%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,128.00 ↑ +1064%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,224.00 ↑ +1116%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,341.00 ↑ +1180%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $221.06 $166.84 – $774.75
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $253.08 $166.84 – $774.75
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $425.09 $103.35 – $1,406.06
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $302.83 $103.35 – $947.87
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $254.12 $166.84 – $774.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $170.56 $143.80 – $656.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $233.70 $143.80 – $656.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $201.44 $166.84 – $826.40

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