Brachy source palladium-103 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

$64.42

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.

$244.00

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.

$50.39 with Mercy Care vs $254.57 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
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $50.39 ↓ -22%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $50.39 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicaid $50.39 ↓ -22%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $50.39 ↓ -22%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $50.39 ↓ -22%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $81.98 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↑ +32%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $85.02 ↑ +32%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $85.02 ↑ +32%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↑ +32%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↑ +32%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $85.02 ↑ +32%
Humana Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↑ +32%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $85.02 ↑ +32%
Health Net Medicare $85.02 ↑ +32%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↑ +32%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↑ +32%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $85.02 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↑ +32%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $85.02 ↑ +32%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $85.02 ↑ +32%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $85.02 ↑ +32%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $85.40 ↑ +33%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $89.27 ↑ +39%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $89.27 ↑ +39%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $93.52 ↑ +45%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $93.52 ↑ +45%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $109.80 ↑ +70%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $109.80 ↑ +70%
Aetna Joint Venture $111.26 ↑ +73%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $114.78 ↑ +78%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $115.63 ↑ +79%
Aetna Designated Group $118.10 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $118.34 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $119.03 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare UHC Core $123.71 ↑ +92%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $125.83 ↑ +95%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $127.53 ↑ +98%
Aetna Medical Rental $128.59 ↑ +100%
United Healthcare Commercial $130.30 ↑ +102%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $131.76 ↑ +105%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $133.71 ↑ +108%
Aetna Broad Network $139.08 ↑ +116%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $139.81 ↑ +117%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $140.28 ↑ +118%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $170.80 ↑ +165%
Provider Network of America Commercial $183.00 ↑ +184%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $190.93 ↑ +196%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $190.93 ↑ +196%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $203.66 ↑ +216%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $213.84 ↑ +232%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $254.57 ↑ +295%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $254.57 ↑ +295%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $254.57 ↑ +295%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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Brachy source palladium-103 nonstranded at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $125.71 $51.65 – $393.47
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $98.96 $50.39 – $193.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $38.22 $42.25 – $140.28
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $81.18 $50.39 – $264.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $58.80 $50.39 – $180.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $99.00 $50.39 – $247.50
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $145.44 $50.39 – $414.75
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $136.95 $51.65 – $429.24

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