Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis 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

$30.74

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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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$126.00

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.

$41.68 with Aetna vs $190.95 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 $41.68 ↑ +36%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $41.68 ↑ +36%
Humana Medicare Advantage $41.68 ↑ +36%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $41.68 ↑ +36%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $41.68 ↑ +36%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $41.68 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $41.68 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $41.68 ↑ +36%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $41.68 ↑ +36%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $41.68 ↑ +36%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $41.68 ↑ +36%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $41.68 ↑ +36%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $41.68 ↑ +36%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $41.68 ↑ +36%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $41.68 ↑ +36%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $41.68 ↑ +36%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $41.68 ↑ +36%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $41.68 ↑ +36%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $41.68 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $41.68 ↑ +36%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $41.68 ↑ +36%
Health Net Medicaid $41.68 ↑ +36%
Health Net Medicare $41.68 ↑ +36%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $42.34 ↑ +38%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $43.76 ↑ +42%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $43.76 ↑ +42%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $44.10 ↑ +43%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $45.85 ↑ +49%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $45.85 ↑ +49%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $56.27 ↑ +83%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $56.68 ↑ +84%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $56.70 ↑ +84%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $56.70 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $58.35 ↑ +90%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $61.69 ↑ +101%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $62.52 ↑ +103%
Aetna Medical Rental $66.40 ↑ +116%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $68.04 ↑ +121%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $68.77 ↑ +124%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $73.14 ↑ +138%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $77.08 ↑ +151%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $81.27 ↑ +164%
United Healthcare UHC Core $85.23 ↑ +177%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $88.20 ↑ +187%
United Healthcare Commercial $93.78 ↑ +205%
Provider Network of America Commercial $94.50 ↑ +207%
Aetna Joint Venture $139.96 ↑ +355%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $143.21 ↑ +366%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $143.21 ↑ +366%
Aetna Designated Group $148.71 ↑ +384%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $152.76 ↑ +397%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $160.39 ↑ +422%
Aetna Broad Network $174.97 ↑ +469%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $190.95 ↑ +521%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $190.95 ↑ +521%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $190.95 ↑ +521%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $28.10 $41.68 – $94.50
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $20.66 $41.68 – $94.50
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $144.50 $25.00 – $477.95
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $195.33 $23.38 – $128.59
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $27.85 $41.68 – $94.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $29.48 $41.68 – $100.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $21.04 $41.68 – $100.80
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $22.93 $41.68 – $100.80

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