Culture afb any source 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

$84.91

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.

$348.00

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.

$10.80 with Wellpoint vs $49.50 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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $10.80 ↓ -87%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $10.80 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.80 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $10.80 ↓ -87%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $10.80 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $10.80 ↓ -87%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $10.80 ↓ -87%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $10.80 ↓ -87%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $10.80 ↓ -87%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $10.80 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.80 ↓ -87%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $10.80 ↓ -87%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $10.80 ↓ -87%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $10.80 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare Advantage $10.80 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicare $10.80 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid $10.80 ↓ -87%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $10.80 ↓ -87%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $10.80 ↓ -87%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $10.80 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $10.80 ↓ -87%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $10.80 ↓ -87%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $10.80 ↓ -87%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $11.09 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $11.34 ↓ -87%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $11.34 ↓ -87%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $11.55 ↓ -86%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.88 ↓ -86%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $11.88 ↓ -86%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $14.58 ↓ -83%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $14.69 ↓ -83%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $14.85 ↓ -83%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $14.85 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $15.12 ↓ -82%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $15.98 ↓ -81%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $16.20 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medical Rental $17.39 ↓ -80%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $17.82 ↓ -79%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $17.82 ↓ -79%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $18.95 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $19.98 ↓ -76%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $21.06 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare UHC Core $22.08 ↓ -74%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $23.10 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Commercial $24.30 ↓ -71%
Provider Network of America Commercial $24.75 ↓ -71%
Aetna Joint Venture $36.27 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $37.13 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $37.13 ↓ -56%
Aetna Designated Group $38.53 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $39.60 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $41.58 ↓ -51%
Aetna Broad Network $45.34 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $49.50 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $49.50 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $49.50 ↓ -42%

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