Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$101.66
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.
$388.00
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.
$36.08 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $460.86 with Aetna — 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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| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $36.08 | ↓ -65% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $36.08 | ↓ -65% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $36.08 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $36.08 | ↓ -65% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $36.08 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $56.95 | ↓ -44% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $59.80 | ↓ -41% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $59.80 | ↓ -41% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $62.65 | ↓ -38% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $62.65 | ↓ -38% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $76.88 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $77.45 | ↓ -24% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $79.73 | ↓ -22% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $84.29 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $85.42 | ↓ -16% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $92.03 | ↓ -9% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $93.97 | ↓ -8% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $103.78 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $111.96 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $130.37 | ↑ +28% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $135.80 | ↑ +34% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $146.47 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $162.75 | ↑ +60% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $174.60 | ↑ +72% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $174.60 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $204.48 | ↑ +101% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $209.52 | ↑ +106% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $271.60 | ↑ +167% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $289.97 | ↑ +185% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $289.97 | ↑ +185% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $291.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $309.30 | ↑ +204% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $324.76 | ↑ +219% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $368.64 | ↑ +263% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $386.62 | ↑ +280% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $386.62 | ↑ +280% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $386.62 | ↑ +280% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $391.70 | ↑ +285% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $460.86 | ↑ +353% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $85.36 | $36.08 – $291.00 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $41.52 | $36.08 – $291.00 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $88.43 | $30.97 – $408.24 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $56.09 | $31.92 – $175.56 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $107.86 | $36.08 – $291.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $81.09 | $36.08 – $244.80 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $85.99 | $36.08 – $244.80 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $84.97 | $36.08 – $310.40 |