Intracard echo interv w/s&i at Banner Estrella Medical Center

9201 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1275566200

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

$1,797.66

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.

$5,464.00

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.

$1,092.80 with Aetna vs $43,322.00 with Aetna — 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,092.80 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid $1,174.76 ↓ -35%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $1,174.76 ↓ -35%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,174.76 ↓ -35%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,387.86 ↓ -23%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,639.20 ↓ -9%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,912.40 ↑ +6%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $2,185.60 ↑ +22%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $2,458.80 ↑ +37%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $2,458.80 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,650.04 ↑ +47%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,732.00 ↑ +52%
Health Net Medicare $2,732.00 ↑ +52%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,732.00 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,770.25 ↑ +54%
Aetna Medical Rental $2,879.53 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,917.78 ↑ +62%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,950.56 ↑ +64%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $2,950.56 ↑ +64%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $3,589.85 ↑ +100%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $3,753.77 ↑ +109%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $3,824.80 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $4,072.15 ↑ +127%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $4,072.15 ↑ +127%
Provider Network of America Commercial $4,098.00 ↑ +128%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $4,343.62 ↑ +142%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $4,560.77 ↑ +154%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $5,429.53 ↑ +202%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $5,429.53 ↑ +202%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $5,429.53 ↑ +202%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $15,142.00 ↑ +742%
Aetna Joint Venture $34,658.00 ↑ +1828%
Aetna Designated Group $36,824.00 ↑ +1948%
Aetna Broad Network $43,322.00 ↑ +2310%

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Intracard echo interv w/s&i at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,600.95 $1,092.80 – $4,098.00
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $2,814.58 $303.84 – $5,820.72
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $2,291.74 $303.84 – $7,173.32
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,275.81 $970.20 – $3,880.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $567.57 $970.20 – $3,880.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $540.94 $1,092.80 – $4,098.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $1,322.29 $1,092.80 – $4,371.20
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $1,759.41 $1,092.80 – $4,098.00

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