Echo transesophageal at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
1111 East Mcdowell Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1841224870
$566.29
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.
$2,302.00
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.
$460.40 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 |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $460.40 | ↓ -19% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $515.65 | ↓ -9% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $515.65 | ↓ -9% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $515.65 | ↓ -9% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $515.65 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $517.95 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $535.84 | ↓ -5% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $690.60 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $773.47 | ↑ +37% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $920.80 | ↑ +63% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,035.90 | ↑ +83% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,035.90 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $1,063.52 | ↑ +88% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,130.28 | ↑ +100% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,151.00 | ↑ +103% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $1,151.00 | ↑ +103% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,151.00 | ↑ +103% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,213.15 | ↑ +114% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,243.08 | ↑ +120% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,243.08 | ↑ +120% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,328.25 | ↑ +135% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,377.32 | ↑ +143% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,469.15 | ↑ +159% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,512.41 | ↑ +167% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,542.59 | ↑ +172% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,581.47 | ↑ +179% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,611.40 | ↑ +185% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,726.50 | ↑ +205% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,836.43 | ↑ +224% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,836.43 | ↑ +224% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,128.00 | ↑ +276% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,224.00 | ↑ +293% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,341.00 | ↑ +313% |
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Echo transesophageal at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $482.56 | $464.00 – $1,856.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $563.99 | $460.40 – $2,128.00 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $474.21 | $72.99 – $2,128.00 |