Air conduction bilat 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

$157.93

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.

$214.00

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.

$71.90 with Aetna vs $226.68 with Oscar Health Plan — 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
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $71.90 ↓ -54%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $74.90 ↓ -53%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $81.16 ↓ -49%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $81.16 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicaid $81.16 ↓ -49%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $81.16 ↓ -49%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $81.16 ↓ -49%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $96.30 ↓ -39%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $96.30 ↓ -39%
Aetna Joint Venture $98.87 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $103.79 ↓ -34%
Aetna Designated Group $105.07 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare UHC Core $108.50 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medical Rental $112.78 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Commercial $114.28 ↓ -28%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $115.56 ↓ -27%
Aetna Broad Network $123.48 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $124.29 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $124.29 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $132.58 ↓ -16%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $137.38 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↓ -13%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↓ -13%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↓ -13%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $137.38 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↓ -13%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↓ -13%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $137.38 ↓ -13%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $137.38 ↓ -13%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $137.38 ↓ -13%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↓ -13%
Health Net Medicare $137.38 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↓ -13%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $137.38 ↓ -13%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $137.38 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↓ -13%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $139.21 ↓ -12%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $140.60 ↓ -11%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $144.25 ↓ -9%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $144.25 ↓ -9%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $147.02 ↓ -7%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $149.80 ↓ -5%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $151.12 ↓ -4%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $151.12 ↓ -4%
Provider Network of America Commercial $160.50 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $165.72 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $165.72 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $165.72 ↑ +5%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $185.46 ↑ +17%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $186.84 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $192.33 ↑ +22%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $203.32 ↑ +29%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $206.07 ↑ +30%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $226.68 ↑ +44%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Air conduction bilat at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $30.75 $17.50 – $125.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $70.70 $65.65 – $226.68
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $33.50 $17.50 – $105.00

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