Heart first pass add-on 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

$352.80

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.

$1,260.00

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.

$101.21 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $945.00 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $101.21 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $101.21 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $107.96 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $113.36 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $134.95 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $134.95 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $134.95 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $252.00 ↓ -29%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $264.60 ↓ -25%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $264.60 ↓ -25%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $264.60 ↓ -25%
Health Net Medicaid $264.60 ↓ -25%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $264.60 ↓ -25%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $320.04 ↓ -9%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $378.00 ↑ +7%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $423.36 ↑ +20%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $441.00 ↑ +25%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $504.00 ↑ +43%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $567.00 ↑ +61%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $567.00 ↑ +61%
Aetna Joint Venture $582.12 ↑ +65%
Aetna Designated Group $618.66 ↑ +75%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $630.00 ↑ +79%
Health Net Medicare $630.00 ↑ +79%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $630.00 ↑ +79%
Aetna Medical Rental $664.02 ↑ +88%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $680.40 ↑ +93%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $680.40 ↑ +93%
Aetna Broad Network $727.02 ↑ +106%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $827.82 ↑ +135%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $865.62 ↑ +145%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $882.00 ↑ +150%
Provider Network of America Commercial $945.00 ↑ +168%

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Heart first pass add-on at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $395.64 $101.21 – $945.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $168.84 $84.87 – $945.00
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $500.22 $39.38 – $945.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $477.09 $58.52 – $1,403.20
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $265.86 $101.21 – $945.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $364.14 $101.21 – $945.00
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler $403.20 $101.21 – $945.00
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $308.70 $39.38 – $945.00

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