Exome sequence analysis 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

$25,439.48

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.

$57,817.00

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.

$12,000.00 with Aetna vs $62,290.92 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.

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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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare Advantage $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicare $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $12,000.00 ↓ -53%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $12,600.00 ↓ -50%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $12,600.00 ↓ -50%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $13,200.00 ↓ -48%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13,200.00 ↓ -48%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $16,200.00 ↓ -36%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $16,320.00 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $16,800.00 ↓ -34%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $17,760.00 ↓ -30%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $18,000.00 ↓ -29%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $19,426.51 ↓ -24%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $19,800.00 ↓ -22%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $20,235.95 ↓ -20%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $21,060.00 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $22,195.20 ↓ -13%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $23,400.00 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare UHC Core $24,538.80 ↓ -4%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $26,017.65 ↑ +2%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $26,017.65 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial $27,000.00 ↑ +6%
Aetna Medical Rental $30,469.56 ↑ +20%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $31,221.18 ↑ +23%
Aetna Joint Venture $40,296.00 ↑ +58%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $40,471.90 ↑ +59%
Aetna Designated Group $42,816.00 ↑ +68%
Provider Network of America Commercial $43,362.75 ↑ +70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $46,718.19 ↑ +84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $46,718.19 ↑ +84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $49,832.74 ↑ +96%
Aetna Broad Network $50,376.00 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $52,323.98 ↑ +106%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $62,290.92 ↑ +145%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $62,290.92 ↑ +145%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $62,290.92 ↑ +145%

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Exome sequence analysis at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $8,748.00 $12,000.00 – $28,800.00
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $12,546.29 $72.99 – $43,362.75
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