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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at Banner University Medical Center South
2800 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1558759498
$673.74
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.
$2,364.00
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.
$290.50 with Aetna vs $1,891.20 with Arizona Medical Network — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $290.50 | ↓ -57% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $350.10 | ↓ -48% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Family Plan | $350.10 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $350.10 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $350.10 | ↓ -48% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $350.10 | ↓ -48% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid | $350.10 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $532.90 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $566.21 | ↓ -16% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↓ -13% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $584.39 | ↓ -13% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $584.39 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $584.39 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↓ -13% |
| Banner University Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $584.39 | ↓ -13% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $584.39 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↓ -13% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $584.39 | ↓ -13% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↓ -13% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plan | $584.39 | ↓ -13% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↓ -13% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $584.39 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $601.92 | ↓ -11% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $613.61 | ↓ -9% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $613.61 | ↓ -9% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $642.83 | ↓ -5% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Alignment Health Plans Medicare Advantage/Eternal Health Plan Medicare/SCAN Health Plan Medicare | $642.83 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $666.13 | ↓ -1% |
| NaphCare | Federal | $788.93 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $794.77 | ↑ +18% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $818.15 | ↑ +21% |
| University of Arizona (Kasser Medical Treatment Center) | Commerical | $827.40 | ↑ +23% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $864.90 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $876.59 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $902.14 | ↑ +34% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $964.24 | ↑ +43% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,013.00 | ↑ +50% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,063.80 | ↑ +58% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,063.80 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,245.83 | ↑ +85% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,276.56 | ↑ +89% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,280.83 | ↑ +90% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,366.22 | ↑ +103% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,434.53 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commerical/HMO Benefit Plan/Local Flex Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plan | $1,453.86 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,707.77 | ↑ +153% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,707.77 | ↑ +153% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,773.00 | ↑ +163% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,891.20 | ↑ +181% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $491.71 | $290.50 – $1,891.20 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $658.79 | $350.10 – $2,008.50 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $573.09 | $350.10 – $2,008.50 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $522.21 | $350.10 – $2,142.40 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $471.33 | $290.50 – $2,008.50 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $559.70 | $350.10 – $2,142.40 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $656.11 | $350.10 – $2,008.50 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $658.79 | $350.10 – $2,008.50 |