Cardiac shunt imaging 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

$326.76

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.

$1,167.00

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.

$273.41 with Health Net vs $1,909.17 with United Healthcare — 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
Health Net Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -16%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -16%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -16%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -16%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $273.41 ↓ -16%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $392.11 ↑ +20%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $408.45 ↑ +25%
Health Net Medicare $428.28 ↑ +31%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $428.28 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +31%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +31%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +31%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $428.28 ↑ +31%
Humana Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +31%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +31%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $428.28 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +31%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +31%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $428.28 ↑ +31%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $428.28 ↑ +31%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +31%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $428.28 ↑ +31%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $428.28 ↑ +31%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +31%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↑ +38%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↑ +38%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↑ +44%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↑ +44%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $525.15 ↑ +61%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $525.15 ↑ +61%
Aetna Joint Venture $539.15 ↑ +65%
Aetna Designated Group $573.00 ↑ +75%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $578.18 ↑ +77%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $582.46 ↑ +78%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $599.59 ↑ +83%
Aetna Medical Rental $615.01 ↑ +88%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $630.18 ↑ +93%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $633.85 ↑ +94%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $642.42 ↑ +97%
Aetna Broad Network $673.36 ↑ +106%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $706.66 ↑ +116%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $737.66 ↑ +126%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $737.66 ↑ +126%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $766.72 ↑ +135%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $786.84 ↑ +141%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $801.73 ↑ +145%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $816.90 ↑ +150%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $826.17 ↑ +153%
Provider Network of America Commercial $875.25 ↑ +168%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $983.55 ↑ +201%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $983.55 ↑ +201%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $983.55 ↑ +201%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,617.92 ↑ +395%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,763.10 ↑ +440%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,909.17 ↑ +484%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Cardiac shunt imaging at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $366.44 $273.41 – $875.25
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $156.38 $273.41 – $875.25
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $463.30 $273.41 – $875.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $390.59 $245.50 – $1,148.80
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $246.24 $273.41 – $875.25
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $337.26 $273.41 – $875.25
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $285.92 $72.99 – $875.25
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $1,703.64 $182.03 – $404.92

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