Ghs sedimentation rate 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

$2.46

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.

$13.00

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.

$4.27 with Aetna vs $19.61 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↑ +74%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $4.27 ↑ +74%
Humana Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↑ +74%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↑ +74%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $4.27 ↑ +74%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $4.27 ↑ +74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↑ +74%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↑ +74%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↑ +74%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $4.27 ↑ +74%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $4.27 ↑ +74%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $4.27 ↑ +74%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $4.27 ↑ +74%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $4.27 ↑ +74%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $4.27 ↑ +74%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $4.27 ↑ +74%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↑ +74%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↑ +74%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $4.27 ↑ +74%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↑ +74%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↑ +74%
Health Net Medicaid $4.27 ↑ +74%
Health Net Medicare $4.27 ↑ +74%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $4.37 ↑ +78%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $4.48 ↑ +82%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $4.48 ↑ +82%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $4.55 ↑ +85%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.70 ↑ +91%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $4.70 ↑ +91%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $5.76 ↑ +134%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $5.81 ↑ +136%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $5.85 ↑ +138%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $5.85 ↑ +138%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $5.98 ↑ +143%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $6.32 ↑ +157%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $6.41 ↑ +161%
Aetna Medical Rental $6.85 ↑ +178%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $7.02 ↑ +185%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $7.05 ↑ +187%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $7.51 ↑ +205%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $7.90 ↑ +221%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $8.34 ↑ +239%
United Healthcare UHC Core $8.74 ↑ +255%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $9.10 ↑ +270%
United Healthcare Commercial $9.62 ↑ +291%
Provider Network of America Commercial $9.75 ↑ +296%
Aetna Joint Venture $14.34 ↑ +483%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $14.71 ↑ +498%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $14.71 ↑ +498%
Aetna Designated Group $15.24 ↑ +520%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $15.69 ↑ +538%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $16.47 ↑ +570%
Aetna Broad Network $17.93 ↑ +629%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $19.61 ↑ +697%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $19.61 ↑ +697%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $19.61 ↑ +697%

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Ghs sedimentation rate at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $5.85 $4.27 – $9.75
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $10.38 $2.56 – $34.32
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $2.76 $4.27 – $9.75
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $2.94 $4.27 – $9.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $2.94 $4.27 – $9.75
Banner Goldfield Medical Center Apache Junction $2.72 $4.27 – $9.75
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler $3.60 $4.27 – $9.75
Banner Payson Medical Center Payson $6.42 $4.27 – $11.70

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