Assay of fluoride at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$42.75
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.
$285.00
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.
$18.54 with Wellpoint vs $213.75 with Provider Network of America — 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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| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $18.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $19.47 | ↓ -54% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $19.47 | ↓ -54% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $20.39 | ↓ -52% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $20.39 | ↓ -52% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $25.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $25.21 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $25.96 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $27.44 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $27.81 | ↓ -35% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $30.59 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $32.53 | ↓ -24% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $34.29 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $36.15 | ↓ -15% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $37.91 | ↓ -11% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $41.72 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $62.26 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $63.71 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $63.71 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $66.15 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $67.95 | ↑ +59% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $71.35 | ↑ +67% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $77.83 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $84.94 | ↑ +99% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $84.94 | ↑ +99% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $84.94 | ↑ +99% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $95.76 | ↑ +124% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $99.75 | ↑ +133% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $128.25 | ↑ +200% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $128.25 | ↑ +200% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $150.19 | ↑ +251% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $153.90 | ↑ +260% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $199.50 | ↑ +367% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $213.75 | ↑ +400% |
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Assay of fluoride at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $36.20 | $18.54 – $213.75 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $23.94 | $18.54 – $213.75 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $45.60 | $18.54 – $213.75 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $46.17 | $18.54 – $228.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $44.46 | $18.54 – $228.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $43.03 | $18.54 – $228.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $32.20 | $18.54 – $213.75 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $49.30 | $18.54 – $213.75 |