CT neck soft tissue without contrast 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

$282.15

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.

$1,485.00

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.

$79.00 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $1,126.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. — 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 $79.00 ↓ -72%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -72%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $79.00 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -72%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -60%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $113.34 ↓ -60%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -60%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -60%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $113.34 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicare $113.34 ↓ -60%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -60%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $113.34 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -60%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $113.34 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $113.34 ↓ -60%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -60%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $113.34 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -60%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $113.34 ↓ -60%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↓ -58%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↓ -58%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $124.67 ↓ -56%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $124.67 ↓ -56%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $153.01 ↓ -46%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $154.14 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $158.68 ↓ -44%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $167.74 ↓ -41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $170.01 ↓ -40%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $187.01 ↓ -34%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $341.00 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $467.28 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $499.86 ↑ +77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $499.86 ↑ +77%
United Healthcare UHC Core $509.21 ↑ +80%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $519.75 ↑ +84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $533.18 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare Commercial $551.65 ↑ +96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $559.84 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $666.48 ↑ +136%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $666.48 ↑ +136%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $666.48 ↑ +136%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $668.25 ↑ +137%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $668.25 ↑ +137%
Aetna Joint Venture $686.07 ↑ +143%
Aetna Designated Group $729.13 ↑ +158%
Aetna Medical Rental $782.60 ↑ +177%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $801.90 ↑ +184%
Aetna Broad Network $856.85 ↑ +204%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,013.00 ↑ +259%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,039.50 ↑ +268%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,113.75 ↑ +295%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,126.00 ↑ +299%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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CT neck soft tissue without contrast at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $248.00 $79.00 – $1,113.75
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $172.26 $79.00 – $1,113.75
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