Ghs musc test done w/n test comp at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$86.53
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.
$269.00
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.
$53.80 with Aetna vs $201.75 with Provider Network of America — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $53.80 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $68.33 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $76.98 | ↓ -11% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $76.98 | ↓ -11% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $76.98 | ↓ -11% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $76.98 | ↓ -11% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $76.98 | ↓ -11% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $80.70 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $90.38 | ↑ +4% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $94.15 | ↑ +9% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $107.60 | ↑ +24% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $121.05 | ↑ +40% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $121.05 | ↑ +40% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $122.30 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $122.30 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $124.28 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $130.46 | ↑ +51% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $130.47 | ↑ +51% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $132.08 | ↑ +53% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $134.50 | ↑ +55% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $134.50 | ↑ +55% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $134.50 | ↑ +55% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $136.38 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $136.98 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $141.76 | ↑ +64% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $143.65 | ↑ +66% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $145.26 | ↑ +68% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $145.26 | ↑ +68% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $155.21 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $163.07 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $163.07 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $163.07 | ↑ +88% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $176.73 | ↑ +104% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $184.80 | ↑ +114% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $188.30 | ↑ +118% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $201.75 | ↑ +133% |
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Ghs musc test done w/n test comp at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $67.80 | $53.80 – $201.75 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $71.24 | $53.80 – $201.75 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $88.51 | $47.58 – $201.75 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $43.68 | $44.80 – $179.20 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $64.87 | $53.80 – $215.20 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $66.13 | $53.80 – $201.75 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $51.65 | $47.58 – $215.20 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $151.37 | $101.21 – $193.80 |