Guid loc target vol rad tx 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

$166.82

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.

$349.00

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.

$69.80 with Aetna vs $2,420.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $69.80 ↓ -58%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $73.29 ↓ -56%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $73.29 ↓ -56%
Health Net Medicaid $73.29 ↓ -56%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $73.29 ↓ -56%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $73.29 ↓ -56%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $88.65 ↓ -47%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $104.70 ↓ -37%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $117.26 ↓ -30%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $122.15 ↓ -27%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $139.60 ↓ -16%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $157.05 ↓ -6%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $157.05 ↓ -6%
Aetna Joint Venture $161.24 ↓ -3%
Aetna Designated Group $171.36 ↑ +3%
Health Net Medicare $174.50 ↑ +5%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $174.50 ↑ +5%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $174.50 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medical Rental $183.92 ↑ +10%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $188.46 ↑ +13%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $188.46 ↑ +13%
Aetna Broad Network $201.37 ↑ +21%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $229.29 ↑ +37%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $239.76 ↑ +44%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $244.30 ↑ +46%
Provider Network of America Commercial $261.75 ↑ +57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $262.91 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $262.91 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $280.44 ↑ +68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $294.46 ↑ +77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $350.55 ↑ +110%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $350.55 ↑ +110%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $350.55 ↑ +110%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,200.00 ↑ +1219%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,299.00 ↑ +1278%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,420.00 ↑ +1351%

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Guid loc target vol rad tx at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $160.89 $69.80 – $2,200.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $76.89 $72.20 – $1,536.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $130.18 $69.80 – $2,200.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $161.24 $69.80 – $2,200.00
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $145.88 $69.80 – $2,200.00
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $648.26 $211.23 – $1,340.63

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