Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at Banner Del Webb Medical Center

14502 West Meeker Boulevard, Sun City West, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1588823553

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

$796.22

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.

$2,496.00

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.

$873.60 with Hospice of the Valley vs $7,424.73 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
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $873.60 ↑ +10%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $932.00 ↑ +17%
Banner University Health Plan University Family Plan $1,019.45 ↑ +28%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $1,019.45 ↑ +28%
Mercy Care Medicaid $1,019.45 ↑ +28%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,019.45 ↑ +28%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,019.45 ↑ +28%
Health Net Medicaid $1,019.45 ↑ +28%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,123.20 ↑ +41%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,123.20 ↑ +41%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,315.39 ↑ +65%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,347.84 ↑ +69%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,626.00 ↑ +104%
Banner University Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +108%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +108%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +108%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,655.69 ↑ +108%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,655.69 ↑ +108%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +108%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,655.69 ↑ +108%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +108%
Health Net Medicare $1,655.69 ↑ +108%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +108%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +108%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,655.69 ↑ +108%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +108%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +108%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,655.69 ↑ +108%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,655.69 ↑ +108%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,705.36 ↑ +114%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,715.00 ↑ +115%
Aetna Designated Group $1,728.00 ↑ +117%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,738.47 ↑ +118%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,738.47 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,793.00 ↑ +125%
Arizona Priority Care Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare $1,821.26 ↑ +129%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,821.26 ↑ +129%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,872.00 ↑ +135%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,887.00 ↑ +137%
Humana Commercial $1,910.00 ↑ +140%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,996.80 ↑ +151%
Aetna Broad Network $2,033.00 ↑ +155%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $2,083.00 ↑ +162%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,251.74 ↑ +183%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $2,314.00 ↑ +191%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,317.97 ↑ +191%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,450.42 ↑ +208%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,483.53 ↑ +212%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,731.89 ↑ +243%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $2,837.28 ↑ +256%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $5,568.62 ↑ +599%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $5,939.78 ↑ +646%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $6,236.77 ↑ +683%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $7,424.73 ↑ +832%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $7,424.73 ↑ +832%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $893.57 $932.00 – $2,731.89
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $628.35 $605.85 – $2,731.89
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $912.24 $605.85 – $2,731.89
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $853.63 $873.60 – $2,731.89
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $721.34 $873.60 – $2,731.89
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $691.39 $873.60 – $2,483.53
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $883.58 $873.60 – $2,731.89
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $963.46 $873.60 – $2,483.53

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