Chromosome analysis 5 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

$221.53

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.

$794.00

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.

$264.34 with Aetna vs $1,372.19 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $264.34 ↑ +19%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $264.34 ↑ +19%
Humana Medicare Advantage $264.34 ↑ +19%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $264.34 ↑ +19%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $264.34 ↑ +19%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $264.34 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $264.34 ↑ +19%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $264.34 ↑ +19%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $264.34 ↑ +19%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $264.34 ↑ +19%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $264.34 ↑ +19%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $264.34 ↑ +19%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $264.34 ↑ +19%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $264.34 ↑ +19%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $264.34 ↑ +19%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $264.34 ↑ +19%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $264.34 ↑ +19%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $264.34 ↑ +19%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $264.34 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $264.34 ↑ +19%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $264.34 ↑ +19%
Health Net Medicaid $264.34 ↑ +19%
Health Net Medicare $264.34 ↑ +19%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $266.78 ↑ +20%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $277.56 ↑ +25%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $277.56 ↑ +25%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $277.90 ↑ +25%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $290.77 ↑ +31%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $290.77 ↑ +31%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $356.86 ↑ +61%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $357.30 ↑ +61%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $357.30 ↑ +61%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $359.50 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $370.08 ↑ +67%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $391.22 ↑ +77%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $396.51 ↑ +79%
Aetna Medical Rental $418.44 ↑ +89%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $428.76 ↑ +94%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $436.16 ↑ +97%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $463.91 ↑ +109%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $488.92 ↑ +121%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $515.46 ↑ +133%
United Healthcare UHC Core $540.55 ↑ +144%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $555.80 ↑ +151%
United Healthcare Commercial $594.76 ↑ +168%
Provider Network of America Commercial $595.50 ↑ +169%
Aetna Joint Venture $887.65 ↑ +301%
Aetna Designated Group $943.17 ↑ +326%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $1,029.14 ↑ +365%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,029.14 ↑ +365%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,097.75 ↑ +396%
Aetna Broad Network $1,109.70 ↑ +401%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,152.63 ↑ +420%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,372.19 ↑ +519%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,372.19 ↑ +519%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,372.19 ↑ +519%

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Chromosome analysis 5 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $169.12 $264.34 – $595.50
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $42.88 $264.34 – $595.50
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $196.12 $264.34 – $595.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $194.53 $264.34 – $635.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $187.38 $264.34 – $635.20
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $171.50 $264.34 – $635.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $142.92 $264.34 – $595.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $163.56 $264.34 – $635.20

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