Ghs paravert facet/nerve cerv ea add bil 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

$357.89

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.

$1,011.00

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.

$134.80 with Aetna vs $5,506.00 with Aetna — 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 Medicare Advantage $134.80 ↓ -62%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $171.20 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid $176.09 ↓ -51%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $176.09 ↓ -51%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $176.09 ↓ -51%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $176.09 ↓ -51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $176.09 ↓ -51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $202.20 ↓ -44%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $235.90 ↓ -34%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $269.60 ↓ -25%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $303.30 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $303.30 ↓ -15%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $337.00 ↓ -6%
Health Net Medicare $337.00 ↓ -6%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $337.00 ↓ -6%
Aetna Medical Rental $355.20 ↓ -1%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $363.96 ↑ +2%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $363.96 ↑ +2%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $471.80 ↑ +32%
Provider Network of America Commercial $505.50 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $660.52 ↑ +85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $660.52 ↑ +85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $704.56 ↑ +97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $739.78 ↑ +107%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $880.70 ↑ +146%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $880.70 ↑ +146%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $880.70 ↑ +146%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,114.00 ↑ +491%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,210.00 ↑ +518%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,326.00 ↑ +550%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +1023%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +1131%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +1147%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +1208%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +1438%

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Ghs paravert facet/nerve cerv ea add bil at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $345.76 $134.80 – $4,018.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $286.11 $134.80 – $4,018.00
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $62.94 – $414.23
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $361.94 $134.80 – $4,018.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $749.23 $176.09 – $2,041.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $1,087.73 $176.09 – $2,041.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $322.51 $134.80 – $4,018.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $391.26 $134.80 – $4,018.00

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