Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed 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

$1,394.05

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.

$3,938.00

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.

$1,170.00 with Aetna vs $5,535.21 with Oscar Health Plan — 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 Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↓ -16%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,378.30 ↓ -1%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,772.10 ↑ +27%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,772.10 ↑ +27%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $2,074.70 ↑ +49%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $2,074.70 ↑ +49%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $2,074.70 ↑ +49%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $2,074.70 ↑ +49%
Health Net Medicaid $2,074.70 ↑ +49%
Aetna Medical Rental $2,075.33 ↑ +49%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $2,126.52 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $2,440.42 ↑ +75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,440.42 ↑ +75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,603.12 ↑ +87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,733.25 ↑ +96%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,756.60 ↑ +98%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,953.50 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $3,152.00 ↑ +126%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,253.90 ↑ +133%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,253.90 ↑ +133%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $3,253.90 ↑ +133%
United Healthcare UHC Core $3,294.00 ↑ +136%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
Health Net Medicare $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $3,354.67 ↑ +141%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,467.00 ↑ +149%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $3,522.40 ↑ +153%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $3,522.40 ↑ +153%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $3,690.14 ↑ +165%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,690.14 ↑ +165%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +188%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +216%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +220%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $4,528.80 ↑ +225%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $4,562.35 ↑ +227%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +236%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $4,696.54 ↑ +237%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $4,964.91 ↑ +256%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $5,032.01 ↑ +261%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +295%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $5,535.21 ↑ +297%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $1,346.80 $1,170.00 – $5,535.21
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $1,114.45 $1,170.00 – $5,535.21
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $87.62 – $3,455.32
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,409.80 $949.44 – $5,535.21
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,081.74 $1,038.00 – $5,535.21
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $1,570.46 $1,038.00 – $5,535.21
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $1,090.83 $1,170.00 – $5,032.01
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $1,524.01 $1,170.00 – $5,535.21

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