Galactose transferase test at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$5.40
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.
$36.00
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.
$11.74 with Wellpoint vs $53.79 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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| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $11.74 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $12.10 | ↑ +124% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $12.33 | ↑ +128% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $12.33 | ↑ +128% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $12.60 | ↑ +133% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $12.91 | ↑ +139% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $12.91 | ↑ +139% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $15.85 | ↑ +194% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $15.97 | ↑ +196% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $16.20 | ↑ +200% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $16.20 | ↑ +200% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $16.44 | ↑ +204% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $17.38 | ↑ +222% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $17.61 | ↑ +226% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $18.97 | ↑ +251% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $19.37 | ↑ +259% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $19.44 | ↑ +260% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $20.60 | ↑ +281% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $21.72 | ↑ +302% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $22.89 | ↑ +324% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $24.01 | ↑ +345% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $25.20 | ↑ +367% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $26.41 | ↑ +389% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $27.00 | ↑ +400% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $39.42 | ↑ +630% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $40.34 | ↑ +647% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $40.34 | ↑ +647% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $41.89 | ↑ +676% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $43.03 | ↑ +697% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $45.18 | ↑ +737% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $49.28 | ↑ +813% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $53.79 | ↑ +896% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $53.79 | ↑ +896% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $53.79 | ↑ +896% |
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Galactose transferase test at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $5.76 | $11.74 – $27.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $5.83 | $11.74 – $28.80 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $5.62 | $11.74 – $28.80 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $4.07 | $11.74 – $27.00 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $6.23 | $11.74 – $27.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $5.69 | $11.74 – $27.00 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $5.98 | $11.74 – $27.00 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $6.84 | $11.74 – $27.00 |