Ghs flow volume loop at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$284.13
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.
$410.00
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.
$131.29 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $547.63 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.
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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $131.29 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $131.29 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $137.76 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $140.04 | ↓ -51% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $143.50 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $147.04 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $175.05 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $175.05 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $175.05 | ↓ -38% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $184.50 | ↓ -35% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $184.50 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $189.42 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $191.73 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $191.73 | ↓ -33% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $191.73 | ↓ -33% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $191.73 | ↓ -33% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $191.73 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $198.85 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $201.31 | ↓ -29% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $207.87 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $216.07 | ↓ -24% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $218.94 | ↓ -23% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $221.40 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $236.57 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $269.37 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $281.67 | ↓ -1% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $287.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $307.50 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $348.50 | ↑ +23% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $348.50 | ↑ +23% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $365.09 | ↑ +28% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $365.09 | ↑ +28% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $448.06 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $451.38 | ↑ +59% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $464.66 | ↑ +64% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $491.21 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $497.85 | ↑ +75% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $547.63 | ↑ +93% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Ghs flow volume loop at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $144.73 | $51.08 – $547.63 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $74.69 | $112.01 – $547.63 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $101.68 | $100.25 – $547.63 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $48.38 | $76.89 – $497.85 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $31.98 | $51.08 – $547.63 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $75.85 | $131.29 – $547.63 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $110.70 | $131.29 – $547.63 |
| Banner Ocotillo Medical Center | Chandler | $21.32 | $131.29 – $547.63 |