Bx bone trocar/ndl deep 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

$775.26

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.

$2,190.00

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.

$766.50 with Hospice of the Valley vs $6,483.00 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.

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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
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $766.50 ↓ -1%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $985.50 ↑ +27%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $985.50 ↑ +27%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +32%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +32%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $1,020.08 ↑ +32%
Health Net Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +32%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +32%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,154.13 ↑ +49%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,182.60 ↑ +53%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,533.00 ↑ +98%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,642.50 ↑ +112%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
Health Net Medicare $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +123%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,813.22 ↑ +134%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,813.22 ↑ +134%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,899.57 ↑ +145%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $1,899.57 ↑ +145%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $2,331.29 ↑ +201%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,348.56 ↑ +203%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,417.63 ↑ +212%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,555.78 ↑ +230%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,590.32 ↑ +234%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $2,633.00 ↑ +240%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,849.35 ↑ +268%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $3,268.08 ↑ +322%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,268.08 ↑ +322%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,485.96 ↑ +350%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $3,660.23 ↑ +372%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +418%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,357.45 ↑ +462%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,357.45 ↑ +462%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $4,357.45 ↑ +462%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +476%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $4,640.00 ↑ +499%
United Healthcare UHC Core $4,850.00 ↑ +526%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,105.00 ↑ +558%
Aetna Joint Venture $5,186.00 ↑ +569%
Aetna Designated Group $5,511.00 ↑ +611%
Aetna Broad Network $6,483.00 ↑ +736%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Bx bone trocar/ndl deep at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $748.98 $766.50 – $4,018.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $619.77 $766.50 – $2,849.35
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $134.11 – $1,778.69
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $784.02 $985.50 – $2,849.35
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $843.98 $813.75 – $2,849.35
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $1,225.28 $813.75 – $2,849.35
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $632.91 $766.50 – $2,849.35
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $606.63 $766.50 – $2,590.32

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