Brachy source iodine-125 nonstranded 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

$22.44

Cash price

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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.

$85.00

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.

$24.72 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $175.87 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.

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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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $24.72 ↑ +10%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $24.72 ↑ +10%
Health Net Medicaid $24.72 ↑ +10%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $24.72 ↑ +10%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $24.72 ↑ +10%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $28.56 ↑ +27%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $29.75 ↑ +33%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $37.42 ↑ +67%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $37.42 ↑ +67%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $37.42 ↑ +67%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $37.42 ↑ +67%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $37.42 ↑ +67%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $37.42 ↑ +67%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $37.42 ↑ +67%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $37.42 ↑ +67%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $37.42 ↑ +67%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $37.42 ↑ +67%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $37.42 ↑ +67%
Humana Medicare Advantage $37.42 ↑ +67%
Health Net Medicare $37.42 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $37.42 ↑ +67%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $37.42 ↑ +67%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $37.42 ↑ +67%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $37.42 ↑ +67%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $37.42 ↑ +67%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $38.25 ↑ +70%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $38.25 ↑ +70%
Aetna Joint Venture $38.76 ↑ +73%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $39.29 ↑ +75%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $39.29 ↑ +75%
Aetna Designated Group $41.14 ↑ +83%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $41.16 ↑ +83%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $41.16 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $41.23 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare UHC Core $43.09 ↑ +92%
Aetna Medical Rental $44.80 ↑ +100%
United Healthcare Commercial $45.39 ↑ +102%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $45.90 ↑ +105%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $46.58 ↑ +108%
Aetna Broad Network $48.45 ↑ +116%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $48.70 ↑ +117%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $50.52 ↑ +125%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $50.89 ↑ +127%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $52.39 ↑ +133%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $55.38 ↑ +147%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $56.13 ↑ +150%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $59.50 ↑ +165%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $61.74 ↑ +175%
Provider Network of America Commercial $63.75 ↑ +184%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $131.91 ↑ +488%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $131.91 ↑ +488%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $140.70 ↑ +527%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $147.73 ↑ +558%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $175.87 ↑ +684%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $175.87 ↑ +684%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $175.87 ↑ +684%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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Brachy source iodine-125 nonstranded at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $72.90 $24.72 – $201.00
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $76.65 $24.72 – $68.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $29.11 $24.72 – $79.20
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $122.02 $24.72 – $396.80
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $66.64 $24.72 – $204.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $86.10 $24.72 – $215.25
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $157.54 $24.72 – $449.25

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