Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer manual screening at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$32.64
Cash price 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.
$117.00
Gross charge 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.
$20.26 with Wellpoint vs $125.17 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $20.26 | ↓ -38% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $21.27 | ↓ -35% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $21.27 | ↓ -35% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $22.29 | ↓ -32% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $22.29 | ↓ -32% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $27.35 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $27.55 | ↓ -16% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $28.36 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $29.98 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $30.39 | ↓ -7% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $33.43 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $35.56 | ↑ +9% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $37.47 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $39.31 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $39.51 | ↑ +21% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $40.95 | ↑ +25% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $41.43 | ↑ +27% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $45.59 | ↑ +40% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $52.65 | ↑ +61% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $52.65 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $61.66 | ↑ +89% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $63.18 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $68.03 | ↑ +108% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $72.29 | ↑ +121% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $81.90 | ↑ +151% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $85.05 | ↑ +161% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $87.75 | ↑ +169% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $93.88 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $93.88 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $100.14 | ↑ +207% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $105.15 | ↑ +222% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $125.17 | ↑ +283% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $125.17 | ↑ +283% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $125.17 | ↑ +283% |
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Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer manual screening at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $24.92 | $20.26 – $87.75 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $6.32 | $20.26 – $87.75 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $56.57 | $12.15 – $98.62 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $39.61 | $20.26 – $123.97 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $28.90 | $20.26 – $87.75 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $24.25 | $20.26 – $79.20 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $23.36 | $20.26 – $79.20 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $25.27 | $20.26 – $93.60 |