Artery x-rays spine at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$1,531.39
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.
$5,845.00
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.
$544.41 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $24,149.99 with United Healthcare — 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $544.41 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $544.41 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $580.71 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $609.74 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $725.88 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $725.88 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $725.88 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,963.92 | ↑ +28% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $2,045.75 | ↑ +34% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $2,630.25 | ↑ +72% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $2,630.25 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $2,700.39 | ↑ +76% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $2,869.89 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $3,080.32 | ↑ +101% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $3,156.30 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $3,372.57 | ↑ +120% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $3,458.52 | ↑ +126% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $3,458.52 | ↑ +126% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $3,458.52 | ↑ +126% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $3,458.52 | ↑ +126% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $3,458.52 | ↑ +126% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $3,840.16 | ↑ +151% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,015.51 | ↑ +162% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $4,091.50 | ↑ +167% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $4,383.75 | ↑ +186% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $5,761.50 | ↑ +276% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $6,049.57 | ↑ +295% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $6,049.57 | ↑ +295% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $6,337.65 | ↑ +314% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $6,337.65 | ↑ +314% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $7,778.02 | ↑ +408% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $7,835.64 | ↑ +412% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $8,066.10 | ↑ +427% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $8,527.02 | ↑ +457% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $8,642.25 | ↑ +464% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $9,506.48 | ↑ +521% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $20,467.22 | ↑ +1237% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $22,303.81 | ↑ +1356% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $24,149.99 | ↑ +1477% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Artery x-rays spine at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,227.45 | $544.41 – $9,506.48 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $981.96 | $456.53 – $9,506.48 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $4,792.33 | $261.78 – $15,000.37 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,233.30 | $211.80 – $9,506.48 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,629.11 | $334.43 – $9,506.48 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $2,023.25 | $327.14 – $9,506.48 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $1,613.22 | $415.70 – $9,506.48 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $1,227.45 | $318.82 – $8,642.25 |