Doppler intravascular pressure flow initial vessel at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$972.02
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.
$4,812.00
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.
$962.40 with Aetna vs $13,766.00 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.
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 | $962.40 | ↓ -1% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $1,010.52 | ↑ +4% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,010.52 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,010.52 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,222.25 | ↑ +26% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $1,443.60 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,616.83 | ↑ +66% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $1,684.20 | ↑ +73% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $1,924.80 | ↑ +98% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,114.00 | ↑ +117% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $2,165.40 | ↑ +123% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $2,165.40 | ↑ +123% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,210.00 | ↑ +127% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $2,223.14 | ↑ +129% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,326.00 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $2,362.69 | ↑ +143% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $2,406.00 | ↑ +148% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $2,406.00 | ↑ +148% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $2,406.00 | ↑ +148% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $2,535.92 | ↑ +161% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $2,598.48 | ↑ +167% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $2,598.48 | ↑ +167% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $2,776.52 | ↑ +186% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $3,368.40 | ↑ +247% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $3,609.00 | ↑ +271% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $4,152.83 | ↑ +327% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $4,152.83 | ↑ +327% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $4,429.69 | ↑ +356% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $4,651.14 | ↑ +379% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $5,537.11 | ↑ +470% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $5,537.11 | ↑ +470% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $5,537.11 | ↑ +470% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $12,389.00 | ↑ +1175% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $13,766.00 | ↑ +1316% |
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Doppler intravascular pressure flow initial vessel at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,212.91 | $962.40 – $12,389.00 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $986.46 | $856.54 – $12,389.00 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $2,191.62 | $279.29 – $6,859.93 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,275.18 | $962.40 – $12,389.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,052.47 | $997.60 – $13,103.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $573.62 | $997.60 – $13,103.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $947.96 | $962.40 – $12,389.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $678.49 | $962.40 – $10,541.00 |