Assay of glucosidase 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

$79.50

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.

$530.00

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.

$21.48 with Wellpoint vs $397.50 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.

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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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $21.48 ↓ -73%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $21.48 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $21.48 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $21.48 ↓ -73%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $21.48 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $21.48 ↓ -73%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $21.48 ↓ -73%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $21.48 ↓ -73%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $21.48 ↓ -73%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $21.48 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $21.48 ↓ -73%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $21.48 ↓ -73%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $21.48 ↓ -73%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $21.48 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage $21.48 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare $21.48 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid $21.48 ↓ -73%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $21.48 ↓ -73%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $21.48 ↓ -73%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $21.48 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $21.48 ↓ -73%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $21.48 ↓ -73%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $21.48 ↓ -73%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $22.55 ↓ -72%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $22.55 ↓ -72%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $23.63 ↓ -70%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $23.63 ↓ -70%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $29.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $29.21 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $30.07 ↓ -62%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $31.79 ↓ -60%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $32.22 ↓ -59%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $35.44 ↓ -55%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $37.69 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $39.73 ↓ -50%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $41.88 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare UHC Core $43.93 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Commercial $48.33 ↓ -39%
Aetna Joint Venture $72.13 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $73.83 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $73.83 ↓ -7%
Aetna Designated Group $76.64 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $78.75 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $82.69 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $90.17 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $98.44 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $98.44 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $98.44 ↑ +24%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $178.08 ↑ +124%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $185.50 ↑ +133%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $238.50 ↑ +200%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $238.50 ↑ +200%
Aetna Medical Rental $279.31 ↑ +251%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $286.20 ↑ +260%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $371.00 ↑ +367%
Provider Network of America Commercial $397.50 ↑ +400%

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Assay of glucosidase at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $85.86 $21.48 – $424.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $87.98 $21.48 – $397.50

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