Allograft epieffect 2x3cm-q4186-cost per sq cm 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

$176.51

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.

$668.60

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.

$59.53 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $1,096.17 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.

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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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $59.53 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $82.62 ↓ -53%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $104.93 ↓ -41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $123.93 ↓ -30%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $138.80 ↓ -21%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $144.59 ↓ -18%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $165.24 ↓ -6%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $185.90 ↑ +5%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $185.90 ↑ +5%
Aetna Joint Venture $188.37 ↑ +7%
Aetna Designated Group $199.94 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $200.35 ↑ +14%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $206.55 ↑ +17%
Health Net Medicare $206.55 ↑ +17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $206.55 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare UHC Core $209.44 ↑ +19%
Aetna Medical Rental $217.70 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Commercial $220.60 ↑ +25%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $223.07 ↑ +26%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $223.07 ↑ +26%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $223.24 ↑ +26%
Aetna Broad Network $235.47 ↑ +33%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $236.71 ↑ +34%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $289.17 ↑ +64%
Provider Network of America Commercial $309.82 ↑ +76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $822.13 ↑ +366%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $822.13 ↑ +366%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $876.94 ↑ +397%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $920.78 ↑ +422%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,096.17 ↑ +521%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,096.17 ↑ +521%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,096.17 ↑ +521%

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Allograft epieffect 2x3cm-q4186-cost per sq cm at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $235.96 $59.53 – $822.13
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $1,416.55 $263.08 – $4,685.50
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $248.10 $59.53 – $319.85
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $196.57 $96.35 – $701.40
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $213.40 $59.53 – $627.75
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $212.54 $59.53 – $481.46
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $260.25 $59.53 – $822.13
Banner Payson Medical Center Payson $438.09 $59.53 – $371.79

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