Inj disk cerv-thor ea lev at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$318.25
Cash price 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.
$899.00
Gross charge 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.
$179.80 with Aetna vs $5,506.00 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $179.80 | ↓ -44% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $188.79 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $188.79 | ↓ -41% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $188.79 | ↓ -41% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $188.79 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $188.79 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $228.35 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $269.70 | ↓ -15% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $314.65 | ↓ -1% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $359.60 | ↑ +13% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $404.55 | ↑ +27% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $404.55 | ↑ +27% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $449.50 | ↑ +41% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $449.50 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $449.50 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $468.22 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $468.22 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $473.77 | ↑ +49% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $485.46 | ↑ +53% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $485.46 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $499.44 | ↑ +57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $524.40 | ↑ +65% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $624.29 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $624.29 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $624.29 | ↑ +96% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $629.30 | ↑ +98% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $674.25 | ↑ +112% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,170.00 | ↑ +268% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,114.00 | ↑ +564% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,210.00 | ↑ +594% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,326.00 | ↑ +631% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4,018.00 | ↑ +1163% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $4,405.00 | ↑ +1284% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4,464.00 | ↑ +1303% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $4,680.00 | ↑ +1371% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $5,506.00 | ↑ +1630% |
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Inj disk cerv-thor ea lev at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | not published | $148.77 – $293.63 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $321.84 | $179.80 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $347.01 | $179.80 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $347.91 | $179.80 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $275.99 | $179.80 – $2,114.00 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $170.81 | $179.80 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $507.46 | $251.09 – $949.50 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $276.89 | $72.99 – $4,018.00 |