Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix

1111 East Mcdowell Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1841224870

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

$1,045.70

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.

$2,506.00

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.

$350.10 with Banner University Health Plan 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
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $350.10 ↓ -67%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $350.10 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid $350.10 ↓ -67%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $350.10 ↓ -67%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $350.10 ↓ -67%
Mercy Care Medicaid $350.10 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $523.13 ↓ -50%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -44%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $584.39 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -44%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $584.39 ↓ -44%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -44%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $584.39 ↓ -44%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $584.39 ↓ -44%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $584.39 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -44%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -44%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -44%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $584.39 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicare $584.39 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $584.39 ↓ -44%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare Advantage $601.92 ↓ -42%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $613.61 ↓ -41%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $613.61 ↓ -41%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $642.83 ↓ -39%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $642.83 ↓ -39%
Aetna Joint Venture $644.96 ↓ -38%
Aetna Designated Group $685.27 ↓ -34%
NaphCare Federal $788.93 ↓ -25%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $794.77 ↓ -24%
Aetna Broad Network $806.20 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $818.15 ↓ -22%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $842.02 ↓ -19%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $864.90 ↓ -17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $876.59 ↓ -16%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $964.24 ↓ -8%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,127.70 ↑ +8%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,127.70 ↑ +8%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,320.66 ↑ +26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,344.64 ↑ +29%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,353.24 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,434.29 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,505.99 ↑ +44%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,646.44 ↑ +57%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,721.62 ↑ +65%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,754.20 ↑ +68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,792.86 ↑ +71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,792.86 ↑ +71%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,879.50 ↑ +80%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,128.00 ↑ +104%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,224.00 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,341.00 ↑ +124%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $616.48 $350.10 – $1,879.50
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $852.80 $247.83 – $3,042.51
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