C-kit mutation liquid tumor - sendout 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

$698.72

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.

$1,588.00

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.

$329.51 with Wellpoint vs $1,710.50 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.

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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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $329.51 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $329.51 ↓ -53%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $329.51 ↓ -53%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $329.51 ↓ -53%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $329.51 ↓ -53%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $329.51 ↓ -53%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $329.51 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $329.51 ↓ -53%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $329.51 ↓ -53%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $329.51 ↓ -53%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $329.51 ↓ -53%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $329.51 ↓ -53%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $329.51 ↓ -53%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $329.51 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid $329.51 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare Advantage $329.51 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $329.51 ↓ -53%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $329.51 ↓ -53%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $329.51 ↓ -53%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $329.51 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $329.51 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $329.51 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicare $329.51 ↓ -53%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $332.30 ↓ -52%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $345.99 ↓ -50%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $345.99 ↓ -50%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $346.15 ↓ -50%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $362.46 ↓ -48%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $362.46 ↓ -48%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $444.84 ↓ -36%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $445.05 ↓ -36%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $445.05 ↓ -36%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $448.13 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $461.31 ↓ -34%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $487.67 ↓ -30%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $494.26 ↓ -29%
Aetna Medical Rental $521.20 ↓ -25%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $534.06 ↓ -24%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $543.69 ↓ -22%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $578.29 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $609.46 ↓ -13%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $642.54 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare UHC Core $673.82 ↓ -4%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $692.30 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Commercial $741.40 ↑ +6%
Provider Network of America Commercial $741.75 ↑ +6%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,106.49 ↑ +58%
Aetna Designated Group $1,175.69 ↑ +68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,282.88 ↑ +84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $1,282.88 ↑ +84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,368.40 ↑ +96%
Aetna Broad Network $1,383.28 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,436.81 ↑ +106%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,710.50 ↑ +145%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,710.50 ↑ +145%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,710.50 ↑ +145%

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C-kit mutation liquid tumor - sendout at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $346.18 $329.51 – $1,191.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $106.40 $329.51 – $1,191.00
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $897.60 $197.70 – $1,603.67
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $324.24 $184.53 – $1,014.90
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $443.05 $329.51 – $1,191.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $240.33 $329.51 – $791.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $169.12 $329.51 – $791.20
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $360.48 $329.51 – $1,270.40

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