Calcium ionized 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

$23.10

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.

$154.00

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.

$13.68 with Wellpoint vs $111.75 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.

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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 $13.68 ↓ -41%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $13.68 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.68 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $13.68 ↓ -41%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $13.68 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.68 ↓ -41%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $13.68 ↓ -41%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $13.68 ↓ -41%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $13.68 ↓ -41%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $13.68 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.68 ↓ -41%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $13.68 ↓ -41%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $13.68 ↓ -41%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $13.68 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare Advantage $13.68 ↓ -41%
Health Net Medicare $13.68 ↓ -41%
Health Net Medicaid $13.68 ↓ -41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $13.68 ↓ -41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $13.68 ↓ -41%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $13.68 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $13.68 ↓ -41%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $13.68 ↓ -41%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $13.68 ↓ -41%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $14.36 ↓ -38%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $14.36 ↓ -38%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $15.05 ↓ -35%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $15.05 ↓ -35%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $18.47 ↓ -20%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $18.60 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $19.15 ↓ -17%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $20.25 ↓ -12%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $20.52 ↓ -11%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $22.57 ↓ -2%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $24.00 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $25.30 ↑ +10%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $26.67 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare UHC Core $27.97 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $30.78 ↑ +33%
Aetna Joint Venture $45.94 ↑ +99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $47.01 ↑ +104%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $47.01 ↑ +104%
Aetna Designated Group $48.81 ↑ +111%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $50.06 ↑ +117%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $50.15 ↑ +117%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $52.15 ↑ +126%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $52.65 ↑ +128%
Aetna Broad Network $57.43 ↑ +149%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $62.68 ↑ +171%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $62.68 ↑ +171%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $62.68 ↑ +171%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $67.05 ↑ +190%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $67.05 ↑ +190%
Aetna Medical Rental $78.52 ↑ +240%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $80.46 ↑ +248%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $104.30 ↑ +352%
Provider Network of America Commercial $111.75 ↑ +384%

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Calcium ionized at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $20.19 $13.68 – $111.75
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $12.94 $13.68 – $111.75
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $61.01 $8.20 – $201.80
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $66.92 $7.67 – $42.14
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $25.44 $13.68 – $111.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $26.57 $13.68 – $78.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $25.58 $13.68 – $78.40
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $90.23 $13.68 – $107.80

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