Ghs aspiration bladder - needle 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

$194.35

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.

$549.00

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.

$192.15 with Hospice of the Valley 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.

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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
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $192.15 ↓ -1%
Health Net Medicaid $192.95 ↓ -1%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $192.95 ↓ -1%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $192.95 ↓ -1%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $192.95 ↓ -1%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $192.95 ↓ -1%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $247.05 ↑ +27%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $247.05 ↑ +27%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $259.22 ↑ +33%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↑ +33%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↑ +33%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↑ +33%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↑ +33%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $259.22 ↑ +33%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $259.22 ↑ +33%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $259.22 ↑ +33%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $259.22 ↑ +33%
Humana Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↑ +33%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↑ +33%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $259.22 ↑ +33%
Health Net Medicare $259.22 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↑ +33%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↑ +33%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $259.22 ↑ +33%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $272.18 ↑ +40%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $272.18 ↑ +40%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $285.14 ↑ +47%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $285.14 ↑ +47%
Aetna Medical Rental $289.32 ↑ +49%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $296.46 ↑ +53%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $349.95 ↑ +80%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $352.54 ↑ +81%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $360.00 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $362.91 ↑ +87%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $383.65 ↑ +97%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $384.30 ↑ +98%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $388.83 ↑ +100%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $400.00 ↑ +106%
Provider Network of America Commercial $411.75 ↑ +112%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $427.71 ↑ +120%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $584.14 ↑ +201%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $584.14 ↑ +201%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $623.08 ↑ +221%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $654.23 ↑ +237%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $778.85 ↑ +301%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $778.85 ↑ +301%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $778.85 ↑ +301%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +502%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,114.00 ↑ +988%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,210.00 ↑ +1037%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,326.00 ↑ +1097%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +2167%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +2308%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +2733%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Ghs aspiration bladder - needle at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $187.76 $192.15 – $427.71
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $155.37 $192.15 – $427.71
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $40.77 – $267.00
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $196.54 $192.95 – $427.71
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $175.13 $192.15 – $439.20
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $211.91 $192.15 – $411.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $212.46 $192.15 – $427.71
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