Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study at Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200
$141.45
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.
$575.00
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.
$68.22 with Aetna 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $68.22 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $72.49 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $85.28 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $115.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $123.62 | ↓ -13% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $123.62 | ↓ -13% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $123.62 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $146.05 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $169.84 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $169.84 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $172.50 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $181.16 | ↑ +28% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $190.22 | ↑ +34% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $193.20 | ↑ +37% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $201.25 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $226.45 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $226.45 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $226.45 | ↑ +60% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $230.00 | ↑ +63% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $258.75 | ↑ +83% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $258.75 | ↑ +83% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $287.50 | ↑ +103% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $287.50 | ↑ +103% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $287.50 | ↑ +103% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $303.02 | ↑ +114% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $310.50 | ↑ +120% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $310.50 | ↑ +120% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $377.77 | ↑ +167% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $395.02 | ↑ +179% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $402.50 | ↑ +185% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $431.25 | ↑ +205% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,128.00 | ↑ +1404% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,224.00 | ↑ +1472% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,341.00 | ↑ +1555% |
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Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $141.45 | $66.07 – $2,128.00 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $173.36 | $26.11 – $618.47 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $89.39 | $26.11 – $184.86 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $107.74 | $37.19 – $1,013.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $147.63 | $37.19 – $1,013.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $123.05 | $68.22 – $2,128.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $112.12 | $68.22 – $2,128.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $101.20 | $37.19 – $1,664.00 |