Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral additional (both sides) at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$677.20
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.
$1,913.00
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.
$255.00 with Aetna vs $1,382.91 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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $255.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $323.85 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $382.50 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $428.40 | ↓ -37% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $446.25 | ↓ -34% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $510.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $545.55 | ↓ -19% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $545.55 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $545.55 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $545.55 | ↓ -19% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $545.55 | ↓ -19% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $573.75 | ↓ -15% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $573.75 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $589.05 | ↓ -13% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $618.38 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $626.02 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $637.50 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $637.50 | ↓ -6% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $637.50 | ↓ -6% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $646.42 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $671.92 | ↓ -1% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $680.85 | ↑ +1% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $688.50 | ↑ +2% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $688.50 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $735.67 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $837.67 | ↑ +24% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $875.92 | ↑ +29% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $892.50 | ↑ +32% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $956.25 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,037.18 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $1,037.18 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,106.32 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,161.63 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,382.91 | ↑ +104% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,382.91 | ↑ +104% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,382.91 | ↑ +104% |
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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral additional (both sides) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $654.25 | $255.00 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $541.38 | $255.00 – $4,018.00 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | not published | $61.15 – $650.44 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $818.56 | $300.60 – $2,041.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $1,188.38 | $300.60 – $2,041.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $740.33 | $255.00 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $589.20 | $72.99 – $4,018.00 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $61.15 – $770.62 |