Cochlear implt f/up exam <7 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

$201.10

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.

$756.00

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.

$101.17 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $1,118.31 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
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $101.17 ↓ -50%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $101.17 ↓ -50%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $101.17 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid $101.17 ↓ -50%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $101.17 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↓ -17%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $166.76 ↓ -17%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↓ -17%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↓ -17%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↓ -17%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $166.76 ↓ -17%
Humana Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicare $166.76 ↓ -17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↓ -17%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $166.76 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↓ -17%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $166.76 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $166.76 ↓ -17%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↓ -17%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $166.76 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $166.76 ↓ -17%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $166.76 ↓ -17%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $175.10 ↓ -13%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $175.10 ↓ -13%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $183.44 ↓ -9%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $183.44 ↓ -9%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $225.13 ↑ +12%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $226.79 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $233.46 ↑ +16%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $246.80 ↑ +23%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $250.14 ↑ +24%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $254.02 ↑ +26%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $264.60 ↑ +32%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $275.15 ↑ +37%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $340.20 ↑ +69%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $340.20 ↑ +69%
Aetna Joint Venture $349.27 ↑ +74%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $366.66 ↑ +82%
Aetna Designated Group $371.20 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare UHC Core $383.29 ↑ +91%
Aetna Medical Rental $398.41 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare Commercial $403.70 ↑ +101%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $408.24 ↑ +103%
Aetna Broad Network $436.21 ↑ +117%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $496.69 ↑ +147%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $519.37 ↑ +158%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $529.20 ↑ +163%
Provider Network of America Commercial $567.00 ↑ +182%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $838.73 ↑ +317%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $838.73 ↑ +317%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $894.64 ↑ +345%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $939.37 ↑ +367%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,118.31 ↑ +456%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,118.31 ↑ +456%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,118.31 ↑ +456%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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Cochlear implt f/up exam <7 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $251.75 $101.17 – $604.80

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