Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation each separate additional episode same site at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$13.11
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.
$47.00
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.
$9.40 with Aetna vs $118.89 with Aetna — 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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $9.40 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $11.94 | ↓ -9% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $12.26 | ↓ -6% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $12.26 | ↓ -6% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $12.26 | ↓ -6% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $12.26 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $12.26 | ↓ -6% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $13.56 | ↑ +3% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $14.10 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $14.77 | ↑ +13% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $14.87 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $15.79 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $16.41 | ↑ +25% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $16.45 | ↑ +25% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $16.50 | ↑ +26% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $18.80 | ↑ +43% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $21.15 | ↑ +61% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $21.15 | ↑ +61% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $23.50 | ↑ +79% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $23.50 | ↑ +79% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $23.50 | ↑ +79% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $24.77 | ↑ +89% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $25.38 | ↑ +94% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $25.38 | ↑ +94% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $32.90 | ↑ +151% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $35.25 | ↑ +169% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $37.60 | ↑ +187% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $37.60 | ↑ +187% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $40.11 | ↑ +206% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $42.11 | ↑ +221% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $50.13 | ↑ +282% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $50.13 | ↑ +282% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $50.13 | ↑ +282% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $95.10 | ↑ +625% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $101.05 | ↑ +671% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $118.89 | ↑ +807% |
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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation each separate additional episode same site at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $10.01 | $9.40 – $37.60 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $42.24 | $4.91 – $139.71 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $31.74 | $9.83 – $99.33 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $11.61 | $9.40 – $35.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $9.80 | $8.00 – $32.08 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $9.44 | $8.00 – $32.00 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $27.54 | $9.40 – $32.90 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $10.15 | $9.40 – $37.60 |