Brain biopsy w/ct/mr guide at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$2,159.40
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.
$6,100.00
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.
$936.00 with Aetna vs $13,084.95 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.
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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| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $936.00 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $1,220.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,281.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1,281.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,281.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,281.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $1,281.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,549.40 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $1,830.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $2,135.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $2,440.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $2,745.00 | ↑ +27% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $2,745.00 | ↑ +27% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $3,050.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $3,050.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $3,050.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $3,214.70 | ↑ +49% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $3,294.00 | ↑ +53% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $3,294.00 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $3,617.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $3,843.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,018.00 | ↑ +86% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $4,270.00 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,464.00 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $4,521.00 | ↑ +109% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $4,575.00 | ↑ +112% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $4,640.00 | ↑ +115% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $4,850.00 | ↑ +125% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $5,105.00 | ↑ +136% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $9,813.71 | ↑ +354% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $9,813.71 | ↑ +354% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $10,467.96 | ↑ +385% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $10,991.27 | ↑ +409% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $13,084.95 | ↑ +506% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $13,084.95 | ↑ +506% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $13,084.95 | ↑ +506% |
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Brain biopsy w/ct/mr guide at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | not published | $1,463.01 – $6,154.45 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $2,183.80 | $936.00 – $4,640.00 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $2,354.60 | $936.00 – $9,813.71 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $2,360.70 | $936.00 – $9,813.71 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $1,872.70 | $936.00 – $9,813.71 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $1,159.00 | $936.00 – $6,195.53 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $2,039.44 | $936.00 – $3,816.00 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $2,149.58 | $1,463.01 – $2,752.15 |