Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral 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

$443.56

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.

$1,253.00

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.

$225.29 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $13,084.95 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.

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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
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $225.29 ↓ -49%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $225.29 ↓ -49%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $225.29 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicaid $225.29 ↓ -49%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $225.29 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↓ -20%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicare $353.52 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↓ -20%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $353.52 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↓ -20%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $353.52 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $353.52 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↓ -20%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $353.52 ↓ -20%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $353.52 ↓ -20%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↓ -20%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $353.52 ↓ -20%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $353.52 ↓ -20%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↓ -20%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $353.52 ↓ -20%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $371.20 ↓ -16%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $371.20 ↓ -16%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $388.87 ↓ -12%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $388.87 ↓ -12%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $438.55 ↓ -1%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $477.25 ↑ +8%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $480.79 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $494.93 ↑ +12%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $523.21 ↑ +18%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $530.28 ↑ +20%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $563.85 ↑ +27%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $563.85 ↑ +27%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $583.31 ↑ +32%
Aetna Medical Rental $660.33 ↑ +49%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $676.62 ↑ +53%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $877.10 ↑ +98%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $936.00 ↑ +111%
Provider Network of America Commercial $939.75 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,114.00 ↑ +377%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,210.00 ↑ +398%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,326.00 ↑ +424%
Aetna Joint Venture $3,617.00 ↑ +715%
Aetna Designated Group $3,843.00 ↑ +766%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +806%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +906%
Aetna Broad Network $4,521.00 ↑ +919%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $9,813.71 ↑ +2112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $9,813.71 ↑ +2112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $10,467.96 ↑ +2260%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $10,991.27 ↑ +2378%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $13,084.95 ↑ +2850%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $13,084.95 ↑ +2850%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $13,084.95 ↑ +2850%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $428.53 $225.29 – $4,018.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $354.60 $225.29 – $939.75
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $299.46 – $364.13
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $376.38 $214.20 – $1,178.10
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $448.57 $225.29 – $939.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $484.91 $225.29 – $939.75
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $384.67 $225.29 – $939.75
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