Breath test analysis c-14 at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$1,242.08
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.
$4,436.00
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.
$94.41 with Wellpoint vs $3,327.00 with Provider Network of America — 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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| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $94.41 | ↓ -92% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $99.13 | ↓ -92% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $99.13 | ↓ -92% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $103.85 | ↓ -92% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $103.85 | ↓ -92% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $127.45 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $128.40 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $132.17 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $139.73 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $141.62 | ↓ -89% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $155.78 | ↓ -87% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $396.76 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $432.37 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $477.94 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $517.64 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $517.64 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $552.15 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $579.76 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $690.19 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $690.19 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $690.19 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,490.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $1,552.60 | ↑ +25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,996.20 | ↑ +61% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,996.20 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $2,049.43 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $2,178.08 | ↑ +75% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $2,337.77 | ↑ +88% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $2,395.44 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $2,559.57 | ↑ +106% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $2,914.45 | ↑ +135% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $3,047.53 | ↑ +145% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $3,105.20 | ↑ +150% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $3,327.00 | ↑ +168% |
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Breath test analysis c-14 at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,761.09 | $94.41 – $3,327.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,378.77 | $94.41 – $4,055.20 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $936.00 | $94.41 – $3,327.00 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $1,282.00 | $94.41 – $3,327.00 |