Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/fluor gdn;1st lesion 10007 at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$867.30
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.
$2,450.00
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.
$450.93 with Mercy Care vs $5,506.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $450.93 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $450.93 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $450.93 | ↓ -48% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $450.93 | ↓ -48% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $450.93 | ↓ -48% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $749.90 | ↓ -14% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $787.39 | ↓ -9% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $787.39 | ↓ -9% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $824.89 | ↓ -5% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $824.89 | ↓ -5% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $857.50 | ↓ -1% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $1,012.37 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,019.86 | ↑ +18% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $1,049.86 | ↑ +21% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $1,102.50 | ↑ +27% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $1,102.50 | ↑ +27% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $1,109.85 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $1,124.85 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,170.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $1,237.34 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,291.15 | ↑ +49% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,323.00 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $1,397.38 | ↑ +61% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,397.38 | ↑ +61% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,490.54 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,565.05 | ↑ +80% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,715.00 | ↑ +98% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,837.50 | ↑ +112% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,863.17 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,863.17 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,863.17 | ↑ +115% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $3,152.00 | ↑ +263% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $3,294.00 | ↑ +280% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3,467.00 | ↑ +300% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,018.00 | ↑ +363% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $4,405.00 | ↑ +408% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,464.00 | ↑ +415% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $4,680.00 | ↑ +440% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $5,506.00 | ↑ +535% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/fluor gdn;1st lesion 10007 at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | not published | $92.98 – $772.40 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $877.10 | $450.93 – $1,837.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $646.87 | $450.93 – $1,425.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $939.11 | $450.93 – $1,425.60 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $708.05 | $450.93 – $1,960.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $678.65 | $450.93 – $1,837.50 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $781.55 | $450.93 – $1,960.00 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $945.70 | $450.93 – $1,837.50 |