Echo transesophageal 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

$608.60

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.

$2,474.00

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 $4,698.29 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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 ↓ -42%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $350.10 ↓ -42%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $350.10 ↓ -42%
Health Net Medicaid $350.10 ↓ -42%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $350.10 ↓ -42%
Mercy Care Medicaid $350.10 ↓ -42%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -4%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $584.39 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -4%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -4%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $584.39 ↓ -4%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -4%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $584.39 ↓ -4%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $584.39 ↓ -4%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $584.39 ↓ -4%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -4%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -4%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -4%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -4%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $584.39 ↓ -4%
Health Net Medicare $584.39 ↓ -4%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $584.39 ↓ -4%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $584.39 ↓ -4%
Humana Medicare Advantage $601.92 ↓ -1%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $613.61 ↑ +1%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $613.61 ↑ +1%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $642.83 ↑ +6%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $642.83 ↑ +6%
NaphCare Federal $788.93 ↑ +30%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $794.77 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $818.15 ↑ +34%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $831.26 ↑ +37%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $864.90 ↑ +42%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $876.59 ↑ +44%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $964.24 ↑ +58%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,113.30 ↑ +83%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,113.30 ↑ +83%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,142.99 ↑ +88%
Aetna Designated Group $1,214.73 ↑ +100%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,303.80 ↑ +114%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,335.96 ↑ +120%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,370.89 ↑ +125%
Aetna Broad Network $1,427.50 ↑ +135%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,625.42 ↑ +167%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,699.64 ↑ +179%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,731.80 ↑ +185%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,855.50 ↑ +205%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,128.00 ↑ +250%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,224.00 ↑ +265%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,341.00 ↑ +285%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,523.71 ↑ +479%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,758.63 ↑ +518%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $3,946.53 ↑ +548%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,698.29 ↑ +672%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,698.29 ↑ +672%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Echo transesophageal at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $628.04 $356.82 – $1,965.81
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $518.75 $350.10 – $1,995.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $710.79 $350.10 – $1,995.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $529.44 $350.10 – $1,855.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $482.43 $350.10 – $1,979.20
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $606.13 $350.10 – $1,855.50
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $437.90 $350.10 – $1,855.50
Banner Payson Medical Center Payson $834.71 $350.10 – $1,436.40

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