Injection for spleen x-ray 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

$191.16

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.

$540.00

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.

$108.00 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.

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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 $108.00 ↓ -44%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $113.40 ↓ -41%
Health Net Medicaid $113.40 ↓ -41%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $113.40 ↓ -41%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $113.40 ↓ -41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $113.40 ↓ -41%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $137.16 ↓ -28%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $162.00 ↓ -15%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $189.00 ↓ -1%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $216.00 ↑ +13%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $243.00 ↑ +27%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $243.00 ↑ +27%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $270.00 ↑ +41%
Health Net Medicare $270.00 ↑ +41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $270.00 ↑ +41%
Aetna Medical Rental $284.58 ↑ +49%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $291.60 ↑ +53%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $291.60 ↑ +53%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $378.00 ↑ +98%
Provider Network of America Commercial $405.00 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $468.22 ↑ +145%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $468.22 ↑ +145%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $499.44 ↑ +161%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $524.40 ↑ +174%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $624.29 ↑ +227%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $624.29 ↑ +227%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $624.29 ↑ +227%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +512%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,114.00 ↑ +1006%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,210.00 ↑ +1056%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,326.00 ↑ +1117%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +2002%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +2204%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +2235%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +2348%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +2780%

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Injection for spleen x-ray at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $134.46 – $293.63
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $193.32 $108.00 – $4,018.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $208.98 $108.00 – $4,018.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $165.78 $108.00 – $2,114.00
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $166.32 $72.99 – $4,018.00
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $371.69 $134.46 – $768.67
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $134.46 – $347.89
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $134.46 – $293.63

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