Heterophile antibodies screening 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

$4.18

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.

$16.00

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.

$5.18 with Aetna vs $23.77 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 $5.18 ↑ +24%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $5.18 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↑ +24%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↑ +24%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $5.18 ↑ +24%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $5.18 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↑ +24%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↑ +24%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $5.18 ↑ +24%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $5.18 ↑ +24%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $5.18 ↑ +24%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $5.18 ↑ +24%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $5.18 ↑ +24%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $5.18 ↑ +24%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $5.18 ↑ +24%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↑ +24%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↑ +24%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $5.18 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↑ +24%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicaid $5.18 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicare $5.18 ↑ +24%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $5.38 ↑ +29%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $5.44 ↑ +30%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $5.44 ↑ +30%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $5.60 ↑ +34%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.70 ↑ +36%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $5.70 ↑ +36%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $6.99 ↑ +67%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $7.04 ↑ +68%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $7.20 ↑ +72%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $7.20 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $7.25 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $7.67 ↑ +83%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $7.77 ↑ +86%
Aetna Medical Rental $8.43 ↑ +102%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $8.55 ↑ +105%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $8.64 ↑ +107%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $9.10 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $9.57 ↑ +129%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $10.11 ↑ +142%
United Healthcare UHC Core $10.60 ↑ +154%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $11.20 ↑ +168%
United Healthcare Commercial $11.65 ↑ +179%
Provider Network of America Commercial $12.00 ↑ +187%
Aetna Joint Venture $17.39 ↑ +316%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $17.83 ↑ +327%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $17.83 ↑ +327%
Aetna Designated Group $18.48 ↑ +342%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $19.02 ↑ +355%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $19.97 ↑ +378%
Aetna Broad Network $21.75 ↑ +420%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $23.77 ↑ +469%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $23.77 ↑ +469%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $23.77 ↑ +469%

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Heterophile antibodies screening at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $57.80 $3.10 – $191.18
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $88.07 $3.22 – $17.71
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $9.37 $5.18 – $11.20
Banner Goldfield Medical Center Apache Junction $4.82 $5.18 – $12.00
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler $5.55 $5.18 – $12.00
Banner Payson Medical Center Payson $5.86 $5.18 – $14.40
Banner Page Hospital Page $8.48 $5.18 – $15.20
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $53.59 $3.10 – $191.18

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