Change of windpipe airway 31502 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

$128.50

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.

$363.00

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.

$127.05 with Hospice of the Valley vs $5,506.00 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 $127.05 ↓ -1%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $153.41 ↑ +19%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $153.41 ↑ +19%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $153.41 ↑ +19%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $153.41 ↑ +19%
Health Net Medicaid $153.41 ↑ +19%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $163.35 ↑ +27%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $163.35 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medical Rental $191.30 ↑ +49%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $196.02 ↑ +53%
Humana Medicare Advantage $247.50 ↑ +93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $247.50 ↑ +93%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $247.50 ↑ +93%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $247.50 ↑ +93%
Health Net Medicare $247.50 ↑ +93%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $247.50 ↑ +93%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $247.50 ↑ +93%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $247.50 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $247.50 ↑ +93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $247.50 ↑ +93%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $247.50 ↑ +93%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $247.50 ↑ +93%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $247.50 ↑ +93%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $247.50 ↑ +93%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $247.50 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $247.50 ↑ +93%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $247.50 ↑ +93%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $247.50 ↑ +93%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $254.10 ↑ +98%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $259.88 ↑ +102%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $259.88 ↑ +102%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $272.25 ↑ +112%
Provider Network of America Commercial $272.25 ↑ +112%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $272.25 ↑ +112%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $334.12 ↑ +160%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $336.60 ↑ +162%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $346.50 ↑ +170%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $366.30 ↑ +185%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $371.25 ↑ +189%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $408.38 ↑ +218%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +811%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,114.00 ↑ +1545%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,210.00 ↑ +1620%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,326.00 ↑ +1710%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $2,440.42 ↑ +1799%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,440.42 ↑ +1799%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,603.12 ↑ +1926%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,733.25 ↑ +2027%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $3,253.90 ↑ +2432%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,253.90 ↑ +2432%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,253.90 ↑ +2432%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +3027%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +3328%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +3374%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +3542%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +4185%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Change of windpipe airway 31502 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $124.15 $127.05 – $4,018.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $102.73 $127.05 – $408.38
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $36.48 – $254.93
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $488.31 $36.48 – $1,528.45
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $129.95 $153.41 – $408.38
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $146.29 $141.05 – $408.38
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $212.38 $141.05 – $408.38
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