Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at Banner Desert Medical Center

1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810

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

$464.09

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.

$1,311.00

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.

$458.85 with Hospice of the Valley vs $6,483.00 with Aetna — 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 $458.85 ↓ -1%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $586.96 ↑ +26%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $586.96 ↑ +26%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $586.96 ↑ +26%
Health Net Medicaid $586.96 ↑ +26%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $586.96 ↑ +26%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $589.95 ↑ +27%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $589.95 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medical Rental $690.90 ↑ +49%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $707.94 ↑ +53%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $917.70 ↑ +98%
Provider Network of America Commercial $983.25 ↑ +112%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +115%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $999.27 ↑ +115%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $999.27 ↑ +115%
Health Net Medicare $999.27 ↑ +115%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $999.27 ↑ +115%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +115%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $999.27 ↑ +115%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +115%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +115%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +115%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $999.27 ↑ +115%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +115%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +115%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $999.27 ↑ +115%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $999.27 ↑ +115%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +115%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +115%
Humana Medicare Advantage $999.27 ↑ +115%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,049.23 ↑ +126%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,049.23 ↑ +126%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,099.20 ↑ +137%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $1,099.20 ↑ +137%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $1,349.01 ↑ +191%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,359.01 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $1,398.98 ↑ +201%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,478.92 ↑ +219%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,498.90 ↑ +223%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,648.80 ↑ +255%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $2,633.00 ↑ +467%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $3,268.08 ↑ +604%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,268.08 ↑ +604%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,485.96 ↑ +651%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $3,660.23 ↑ +689%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +766%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $4,357.45 ↑ +839%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,357.45 ↑ +839%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,357.45 ↑ +839%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +862%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $4,640.00 ↑ +900%
United Healthcare UHC Core $4,850.00 ↑ +945%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,105.00 ↑ +1000%
Aetna Joint Venture $5,186.00 ↑ +1017%
Aetna Designated Group $5,511.00 ↑ +1087%
Aetna Broad Network $6,483.00 ↑ +1297%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $76.17 – $1,029.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $475.89 $458.85 – $1,648.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $690.90 $458.85 – $1,648.80
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $378.88 $458.85 – $1,648.80
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $418.21 $458.85 – $1,648.80
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $506.05 $458.85 – $1,498.90
Banner Goldfield Medical Center Apache Junction $249.09 $458.85 – $1,498.90
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler $591.26 $458.85 – $1,648.80

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