Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 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

$62.46

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.

$256.00

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.

$85.10 with Aetna vs $389.96 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 $85.10 ↑ +36%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $85.10 ↑ +36%
Humana Medicare Advantage $85.10 ↑ +36%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $85.10 ↑ +36%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $85.10 ↑ +36%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $85.10 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $85.10 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $85.10 ↑ +36%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $85.10 ↑ +36%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $85.10 ↑ +36%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $85.10 ↑ +36%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $85.10 ↑ +36%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $85.10 ↑ +36%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $85.10 ↑ +36%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $85.10 ↑ +36%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $85.10 ↑ +36%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $85.10 ↑ +36%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $85.10 ↑ +36%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $85.10 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $85.10 ↑ +36%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $85.10 ↑ +36%
Health Net Medicaid $85.10 ↑ +36%
Health Net Medicare $85.10 ↑ +36%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $86.02 ↑ +38%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $89.36 ↑ +43%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $89.36 ↑ +43%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $89.60 ↑ +43%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $93.61 ↑ +50%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $93.61 ↑ +50%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $114.89 ↑ +84%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $115.20 ↑ +84%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $115.20 ↑ +84%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $115.74 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $119.14 ↑ +91%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $125.95 ↑ +102%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $127.65 ↑ +104%
Aetna Medical Rental $134.91 ↑ +116%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $138.24 ↑ +121%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $140.41 ↑ +125%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $149.36 ↑ +139%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $157.41 ↑ +152%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $165.96 ↑ +166%
United Healthcare UHC Core $174.02 ↑ +179%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $179.20 ↑ +187%
United Healthcare Commercial $191.47 ↑ +207%
Provider Network of America Commercial $192.00 ↑ +207%
Aetna Joint Venture $285.77 ↑ +358%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $292.47 ↑ +368%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $292.47 ↑ +368%
Aetna Designated Group $303.64 ↑ +386%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $311.97 ↑ +399%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $327.57 ↑ +424%
Aetna Broad Network $357.25 ↑ +472%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $389.96 ↑ +524%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $389.96 ↑ +524%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $389.96 ↑ +524%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $57.09 $85.10 – $192.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $41.98 $85.10 – $192.00
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $90.90 $51.06 – $414.18
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $83.74 $41.30 – $227.15
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $56.58 $85.10 – $192.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $59.90 $85.10 – $204.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $42.75 $85.10 – $204.80
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $149.99 $85.10 – $179.20

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