Aep thrshld est mlt freq i&r 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

$1,140.95

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.

$1,546.00

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.

$191.73 with Mercy Care vs $1,159.50 with Provider Network of America — 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
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $191.73 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid $191.73 ↓ -83%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $191.73 ↓ -83%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $191.73 ↓ -83%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $191.73 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $259.84 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $259.84 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $277.16 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $291.02 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $331.90 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↓ -71%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↓ -71%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↓ -71%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $331.90 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↓ -71%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↓ -71%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $331.90 ↓ -71%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $331.90 ↓ -71%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $331.90 ↓ -71%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicare $331.90 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↓ -71%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $331.90 ↓ -71%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $331.90 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $331.90 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $346.45 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $346.45 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $346.45 ↓ -70%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $348.50 ↓ -69%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $348.50 ↓ -69%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $365.09 ↓ -68%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $365.09 ↓ -68%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $448.06 ↓ -61%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $451.38 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $464.66 ↓ -59%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $491.21 ↓ -57%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $497.85 ↓ -56%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $519.46 ↓ -54%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $541.10 ↓ -53%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $547.63 ↓ -52%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $695.70 ↓ -39%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $695.70 ↓ -39%
Aetna Joint Venture $714.25 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $749.81 ↓ -34%
Aetna Designated Group $759.09 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare UHC Core $783.82 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medical Rental $814.74 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Commercial $825.56 ↓ -28%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $834.84 ↓ -27%
Aetna Broad Network $892.04 ↓ -22%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,015.72 ↓ -11%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,062.10 ↓ -7%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,082.20 ↓ -5%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,159.50 ↑ +2%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Aep thrshld est mlt freq i&r at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $389.68 $191.73 – $1,159.50
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $409.43 $191.73 – $1,159.50
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $508.68 $101.09 – $1,159.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $252.70 $191.73 – $577.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $213.41 $156.14 – $577.60
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $372.83 $191.73 – $1,236.80
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $408.14 $101.09 – $1,236.80
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $462.64 $191.73 – $1,159.50

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