Echo transthoracic at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
1111 East Mcdowell Road, Phoenix, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1841224870
$264.70
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.
$1,076.00
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.
$239.55 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $239.55 | ↓ -10% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $350.10 | ↑ +32% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $350.10 | ↑ +32% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $350.10 | ↑ +32% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $350.10 | ↑ +32% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $350.10 | ↑ +32% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $350.10 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $361.54 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $422.07 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $448.45 | ↑ +69% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $484.20 | ↑ +83% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $484.20 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $527.58 | ↑ +99% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $567.05 | ↑ +114% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $581.04 | ↑ +120% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↑ +121% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $601.92 | ↑ +127% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $613.61 | ↑ +132% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $613.61 | ↑ +132% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $615.73 | ↑ +133% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $642.83 | ↑ +143% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $642.83 | ↑ +143% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $656.78 | ↑ +148% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $689.62 | ↑ +161% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $706.93 | ↑ +167% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $739.21 | ↑ +179% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $753.20 | ↑ +185% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $788.93 | ↑ +198% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $794.77 | ↑ +200% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $807.00 | ↑ +205% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $818.15 | ↑ +209% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $820.98 | ↑ +210% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $820.98 | ↑ +210% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $864.90 | ↑ +227% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $876.59 | ↑ +231% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $964.24 | ↑ +264% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,128.00 | ↑ +704% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,224.00 | ↑ +740% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,341.00 | ↑ +784% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Echo transthoracic at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $264.70 | $350.10 – $964.24 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $447.71 | $163.07 – $925.88 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $208.83 | $230.08 – $964.24 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $286.14 | $230.08 – $964.24 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $230.26 | $350.10 – $964.24 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $209.82 | $350.10 – $964.24 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $224.88 | $239.55 – $964.24 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $263.62 | $350.10 – $964.24 |