Analgesics non-opioid definitive assay 1 or 2 acetaminophen at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$66.90
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.
$446.00
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.
$11.40 with Aetna vs $116.09 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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $11.40 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $11.97 | ↓ -82% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $11.97 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $11.97 | ↓ -82% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $11.97 | ↓ -82% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $11.97 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $14.48 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $17.10 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $19.15 | ↓ -71% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $19.95 | ↓ -70% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $22.80 | ↓ -66% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $25.65 | ↓ -62% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $25.65 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $26.33 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $27.99 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $28.50 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $28.50 | ↓ -57% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $28.50 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $30.04 | ↓ -55% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $30.78 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $30.78 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $32.89 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $37.45 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $39.16 | ↓ -41% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $39.90 | ↓ -40% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $42.75 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $87.07 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $87.07 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $92.87 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $97.52 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $116.09 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $116.09 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $116.09 | ↑ +74% |
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Analgesics non-opioid definitive assay 1 or 2 acetaminophen at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $56.64 | $76.80 – $288.00 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $37.46 | $68.35 – $288.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $71.36 | $11.40 – $42.75 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $39.53 | $11.40 – $74.28 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $38.06 | $11.40 – $52.32 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $261.30 | $26.99 – $268.80 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $67.35 | $66.48 – $307.20 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $50.40 | $50.99 – $288.00 |