Dcm pq ndl dsk sgl/mlt lv lmbr w/guide 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

$2,042.93

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.

$5,771.00

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.

$1,271.93 with Banner University Health Plan vs $16,820.00 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
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $1,271.93 ↓ -38%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,271.93 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicaid $1,271.93 ↓ -38%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $1,271.93 ↓ -38%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,271.93 ↓ -38%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $2,019.85 ↓ -1%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
Health Net Medicare $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $2,081.30 ↑ +2%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $2,185.36 ↑ +7%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $2,185.36 ↑ +7%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $2,289.43 ↑ +12%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,289.43 ↑ +12%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $2,596.95 ↑ +27%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $2,596.95 ↑ +27%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $2,809.76 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,830.57 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,913.82 ↑ +43%
Aetna Medical Rental $3,041.32 ↑ +49%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $3,080.32 ↑ +51%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $3,116.34 ↑ +53%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $3,121.95 ↑ +53%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $3,434.14 ↑ +68%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $4,039.70 ↑ +98%
Provider Network of America Commercial $4,328.25 ↑ +112%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $5,849.00 ↑ +186%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $6,560.00 ↑ +221%
United Healthcare UHC Core $6,856.00 ↑ +236%
United Healthcare Commercial $7,217.00 ↑ +253%
Aetna Joint Venture $7,543.00 ↑ +269%
Aetna Designated Group $8,015.00 ↑ +292%
Aetna Broad Network $9,429.00 ↑ +362%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $9,813.71 ↑ +380%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $9,813.71 ↑ +380%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $10,467.96 ↑ +412%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $10,991.27 ↑ +438%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $13,084.95 ↑ +540%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $13,084.95 ↑ +540%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $13,084.95 ↑ +540%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $15,138.00 ↑ +641%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $16,820.00 ↑ +723%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Dcm pq ndl dsk sgl/mlt lv lmbr w/guide at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $634.77 – $2,143.74
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