Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$59.11
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.
$311.10
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.
$42.46 with Banner University Health Plan vs $379.56 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.
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 |
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| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $42.46 | ↓ -28% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $42.46 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $42.46 | ↓ -28% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $42.46 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $42.46 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $62.22 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $68.16 | ↑ +15% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $75.73 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $76.79 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $79.02 | ↑ +34% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $93.33 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $106.16 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $106.16 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $106.16 | ↑ +80% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $108.89 | ↑ +84% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $124.44 | ↑ +111% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $140.00 | ↑ +137% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $140.00 | ↑ +137% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $155.55 | ↑ +163% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $155.55 | ↑ +163% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $155.55 | ↑ +163% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $163.95 | ↑ +177% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $167.99 | ↑ +184% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $167.99 | ↑ +184% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $217.77 | ↑ +268% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $233.32 | ↑ +295% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $284.67 | ↑ +382% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $284.67 | ↑ +382% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $303.65 | ↑ +414% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $318.83 | ↑ +439% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $379.56 | ↑ +542% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $379.56 | ↑ +542% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $379.56 | ↑ +542% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $377.91 | $43.52 – $383.99 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $376.38 | $43.52 – $361.90 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $16.70 | $33.06 – $132.24 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $56.37 | $42.46 – $148.77 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $350.37 | $43.52 – $383.99 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $275.04 | $41.99 – $174.59 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $500.85 | $43.52 – $407.55 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | $410.04 | $43.52 – $394.80 |