Application of forearm cast 29075 at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$89.85
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.
$599.00
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.
$79.80 with Aetna vs $1,012.49 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 | $79.80 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $81.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $101.35 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $119.70 | ↑ +33% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $139.65 | ↑ +55% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $159.60 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $174.85 | ↑ +95% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $174.85 | ↑ +95% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $174.85 | ↑ +95% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $174.85 | ↑ +95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $174.85 | ↑ +95% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $179.55 | ↑ +100% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $179.55 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $184.34 | ↑ +105% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $195.91 | ↑ +118% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $199.50 | ↑ +122% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $199.50 | ↑ +122% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $199.50 | ↑ +122% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $203.00 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $210.27 | ↑ +134% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $215.46 | ↑ +140% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $215.46 | ↑ +140% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $225.00 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $230.22 | ↑ +156% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $241.00 | ↑ +168% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $252.00 | ↑ +180% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $265.00 | ↑ +195% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $279.30 | ↑ +211% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $299.25 | ↑ +233% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $759.37 | ↑ +745% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $759.37 | ↑ +745% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $809.99 | ↑ +801% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $850.49 | ↑ +847% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,012.49 | ↑ +1027% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,012.49 | ↑ +1027% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,012.49 | ↑ +1027% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Application of forearm cast 29075 at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | not published | $65.80 – $291.56 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $310.28 | $79.80 – $299.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $150.91 | $74.80 – $647.86 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $174.31 | $79.80 – $759.37 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $123.18 | $65.80 – $175.96 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $65.80 – $283.06 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | not published | $72.99 – $295.43 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $65.80 – $291.56 |