Harvest auto stem cells 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

$1,610.87

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.

$5,008.00

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.

$988.29 with Health Net vs $3,756.00 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
Health Net Medicaid $988.29 ↓ -39%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $988.29 ↓ -39%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $988.29 ↓ -39%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $988.29 ↓ -39%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $988.29 ↓ -39%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,682.69 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
Health Net Medicare $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,747.18 ↑ +8%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,752.80 ↑ +9%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,834.54 ↑ +14%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,834.54 ↑ +14%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $1,921.90 ↑ +19%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,921.90 ↑ +19%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $2,253.60 ↑ +40%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $2,253.60 ↑ +40%
Aetna Joint Venture $2,313.70 ↑ +44%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $2,358.69 ↑ +46%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,376.16 ↑ +48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $2,440.42 ↑ +51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,440.42 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,446.05 ↑ +52%
Aetna Designated Group $2,458.93 ↑ +53%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,585.83 ↑ +61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,603.12 ↑ +62%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,620.77 ↑ +63%
Aetna Medical Rental $2,639.22 ↑ +64%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $2,704.32 ↑ +68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,733.25 ↑ +70%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,882.85 ↑ +79%
Aetna Broad Network $2,889.62 ↑ +79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $3,253.90 ↑ +102%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,253.90 ↑ +102%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,253.90 ↑ +102%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $3,290.26 ↑ +104%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $3,440.50 ↑ +114%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $3,505.60 ↑ +118%
Provider Network of America Commercial $3,756.00 ↑ +133%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Harvest auto stem cells at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $85.83 – $1,799.60
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,647.78 $949.44 – $3,756.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,407.25 $988.29 – $4,006.40
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $816.30 $988.29 – $3,756.00
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $85.83 – $1,747.18
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $85.83 – $1,799.60
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix not published $85.83 – $1,799.60
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott not published $85.83 – $1,852.02

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