Brachytx, non-str, gold-198 at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$134.11
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.
$508.00
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.
$127.70 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $1,527.04 with Oscar Health Plan — 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $127.70 | ↓ -5% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $127.70 | ↓ -5% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $136.21 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $143.02 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $170.26 | ↑ +27% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $170.26 | ↑ +27% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $170.26 | ↑ +27% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $170.69 | ↑ +27% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $177.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $209.06 | ↑ +56% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $209.06 | ↑ +56% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $209.06 | ↑ +56% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $209.06 | ↑ +56% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $209.06 | ↑ +56% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $228.60 | ↑ +70% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $228.60 | ↑ +70% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $231.65 | ↑ +73% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $245.87 | ↑ +83% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $246.38 | ↑ +84% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $257.56 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $267.72 | ↑ +100% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $271.27 | ↑ +102% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $274.32 | ↑ +105% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $278.38 | ↑ +108% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $289.56 | ↑ +116% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $291.08 | ↑ +117% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $355.60 | ↑ +165% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $381.00 | ↑ +184% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $925.48 | ↑ +590% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $971.75 | ↑ +625% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $971.75 | ↑ +625% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $1,018.03 | ↑ +659% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,018.03 | ↑ +659% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $1,249.40 | ↑ +832% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,258.65 | ↑ +839% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $1,295.67 | ↑ +866% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,369.71 | ↑ +921% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,388.22 | ↑ +935% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,527.04 | ↑ +1039% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Brachytx, non-str, gold-198 at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $206.21 | $49.68 – $1,527.04 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $125.71 | $97.51 – $1,527.04 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $153.30 | $127.70 – $1,527.04 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $145.44 | $49.68 – $1,527.04 |