Herpes simplex 1 ag if 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

$14.64

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.

$60.00

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.

$11.98 with Aetna vs $54.93 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 $11.98 ↓ -18%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $11.98 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -18%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -18%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $11.98 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -18%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $11.98 ↓ -18%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $11.98 ↓ -18%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $11.98 ↓ -18%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $11.98 ↓ -18%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -18%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -18%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $11.98 ↓ -18%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $11.98 ↓ -18%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $11.98 ↓ -18%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $11.98 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -18%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicaid $11.98 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicare $11.98 ↓ -18%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $11.98 ↓ -18%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $12.58 ↓ -14%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $12.58 ↓ -14%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $13.18 ↓ -10%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.18 ↓ -10%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $16.17 ↑ +10%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $16.29 ↑ +11%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $16.77 ↑ +15%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $17.73 ↑ +21%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $17.97 ↑ +23%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $19.77 ↑ +35%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $20.16 ↑ +38%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $21.00 ↑ +43%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $21.03 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $22.15 ↑ +51%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $23.37 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare UHC Core $24.50 ↑ +67%
United Healthcare Commercial $26.95 ↑ +84%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $27.00 ↑ +84%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $27.00 ↑ +84%
Aetna Medical Rental $31.62 ↑ +116%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $32.40 ↑ +121%
Aetna Joint Venture $40.23 ↑ +175%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $41.19 ↑ +181%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $41.19 ↑ +181%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $42.00 ↑ +187%
Aetna Designated Group $42.74 ↑ +192%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $43.94 ↑ +200%
Provider Network of America Commercial $45.00 ↑ +207%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $46.14 ↑ +215%
Aetna Broad Network $50.29 ↑ +244%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $54.93 ↑ +275%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $54.93 ↑ +275%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $54.93 ↑ +275%

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Herpes simplex 1 ag if at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $13.38 $11.98 – $45.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $9.84 $11.98 – $45.00
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $12.11 $7.18 – $58.33
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $47.73 $11.98 – $149.38
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $13.26 $11.98 – $45.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $14.04 $11.98 – $48.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $10.02 $11.98 – $48.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $10.92 $11.98 – $48.00

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