Ghs musc tst done w/nerv tst lim at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$56.29
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.
$175.00
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.
$35.00 with Aetna vs $287.49 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.
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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $35.00 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $44.45 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $52.50 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $58.80 | ↑ +4% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $61.25 | ↑ +9% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $70.00 | ↑ +24% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $76.98 | ↑ +37% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $76.98 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $76.98 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $76.98 | ↑ +37% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $76.98 | ↑ +37% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $78.75 | ↑ +40% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $78.75 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $80.85 | ↑ +44% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $84.88 | ↑ +51% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $85.92 | ↑ +53% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $87.50 | ↑ +55% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $87.50 | ↑ +55% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $87.50 | ↑ +55% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $88.72 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $92.22 | ↑ +64% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $93.45 | ↑ +66% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $94.50 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $94.50 | ↑ +68% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $100.97 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $114.97 | ↑ +104% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $120.22 | ↑ +114% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $122.50 | ↑ +118% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $131.25 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $215.62 | ↑ +283% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $215.62 | ↑ +283% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $229.99 | ↑ +309% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $241.49 | ↑ +329% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $287.49 | ↑ +411% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $287.49 | ↑ +411% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $287.49 | ↑ +411% |
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Ghs musc tst done w/nerv tst lim at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $44.11 | $35.00 – $215.62 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $46.35 | $35.00 – $180.81 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $57.58 | $35.00 – $131.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $30.23 | $31.00 – $183.96 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $42.20 | $35.00 – $164.64 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $43.02 | $35.00 – $131.25 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $33.60 | $35.00 – $140.00 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $98.69 | $64.73 – $126.35 |