Esophageal recording at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$938.63
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.
$2,915.00
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.
$806.77 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $43,322.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $806.77 | ↓ -14% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $806.77 | ↓ -14% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $806.77 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $806.77 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $806.77 | ↓ -14% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $1,020.25 | ↑ +9% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $1,293.89 | ↑ +38% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,311.75 | ↑ +40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,311.75 | ↑ +40% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $1,358.58 | ↑ +45% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $1,358.58 | ↑ +45% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $1,413.78 | ↑ +51% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $1,423.28 | ↑ +52% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $1,423.28 | ↑ +52% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $1,477.90 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,536.20 | ↑ +64% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,556.61 | ↑ +66% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,574.10 | ↑ +68% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $1,746.75 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,759.69 | ↑ +87% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $1,811.45 | ↑ +93% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,914.96 | ↑ +104% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,915.15 | ↑ +104% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,940.84 | ↑ +107% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $2,002.61 | ↑ +113% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $2,040.50 | ↑ +117% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $2,134.92 | ↑ +127% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $2,186.25 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $3,651.98 | ↑ +289% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $3,651.98 | ↑ +289% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $3,895.44 | ↑ +315% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $4,090.18 | ↑ +336% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $4,869.30 | ↑ +419% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $4,869.30 | ↑ +419% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $4,869.30 | ↑ +419% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $15,142.00 | ↑ +1513% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $34,658.00 | ↑ +3592% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $36,824.00 | ↑ +3823% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $43,322.00 | ↑ +4515% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Esophageal recording at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $2,145.29 | $806.77 – $6,525.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $954.37 | $806.77 – $6,525.60 |