Ghs st - re-eval for alt comm 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

$147.51

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.

$563.00

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.

$81.00 with Aetna vs $422.25 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.

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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 Banner Employee Plans $81.00 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $112.60 ↓ -24%
Health Net Medicaid $118.23 ↓ -20%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $118.23 ↓ -20%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $118.23 ↓ -20%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $143.00 ↓ -3%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $168.90 ↑ +15%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $197.05 ↑ +34%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $203.00 ↑ +38%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $225.00 ↑ +53%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $225.20 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $241.00 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare UHC Core $252.00 ↑ +71%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $253.35 ↑ +72%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $253.35 ↑ +72%
Aetna Joint Venture $260.11 ↑ +76%
United Healthcare Commercial $265.00 ↑ +80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $268.92 ↑ +82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $268.92 ↑ +82%
Aetna Designated Group $276.43 ↑ +87%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $281.50 ↑ +91%
Health Net Medicare $281.50 ↑ +91%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $281.50 ↑ +91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $286.85 ↑ +94%
Aetna Medical Rental $296.70 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $301.19 ↑ +104%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $304.02 ↑ +106%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $304.02 ↑ +106%
Aetna Broad Network $324.85 ↑ +120%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $358.56 ↑ +143%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $358.56 ↑ +143%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $358.56 ↑ +143%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $394.10 ↑ +167%
Provider Network of America Commercial $422.25 ↑ +186%

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Ghs st - re-eval for alt comm at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $111.47 $81.00 – $422.25
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $149.10 $81.00 – $422.25
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $92.90 $81.00 – $422.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $79.16 $61.60 – $268.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $44.97 $61.60 – $268.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $94.02 $81.00 – $450.40
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $52.92 $81.00 – $422.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $61.93 $81.00 – $422.25

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