Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body 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

$1,238.65

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$3,499.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$504.21 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $6,545.63 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $504.21 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $699.80 ↓ -44%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $888.75 ↓ -28%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,049.70 ↓ -15%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↓ -6%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,224.65 ↓ -1%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $1,399.60 ↑ +13%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,574.55 ↑ +27%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,574.55 ↑ +27%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,749.50 ↑ +41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,749.50 ↑ +41%
Health Net Medicare $1,749.50 ↑ +41%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,843.97 ↑ +49%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,889.46 ↑ +53%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,889.46 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,114.00 ↑ +71%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,210.00 ↑ +78%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,326.00 ↑ +88%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,449.30 ↑ +98%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,624.25 ↑ +112%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +224%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +256%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +260%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +278%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $4,909.22 ↑ +296%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $4,909.22 ↑ +296%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $5,236.50 ↑ +323%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $5,498.29 ↑ +344%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +345%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $6,545.63 ↑ +428%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $6,545.63 ↑ +428%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $6,545.63 ↑ +428%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $1,196.66 $504.21 – $4,909.22
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $990.22 $504.21 – $4,116.71
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $224.94 – $3,078.70
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $8,918.49 $224.94 – $27,915.58
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,252.64 $504.21 – $4,018.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,646.93 $653.78 – $4,188.33
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $2,391.00 $653.78 – $3,629.60
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $1,011.21 $504.21 – $4,018.00

All Arizona hospitals for this procedure →