Injection(s) trigger point(s) single/multiple 1 or 2 muscle(s) 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

$155.76

Cash price

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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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$440.00

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.

$154.00 with Hospice of the Valley 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
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $154.00 ↓ -1%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $189.35 ↑ +22%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $189.35 ↑ +22%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $189.35 ↑ +22%
Health Net Medicaid $189.35 ↑ +22%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $189.35 ↑ +22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $195.99 ↑ +26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $195.99 ↑ +26%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $198.00 ↑ +27%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $198.00 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $209.06 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $219.51 ↑ +41%
Aetna Medical Rental $231.88 ↑ +49%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $237.60 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $261.32 ↑ +68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $261.32 ↑ +68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $261.32 ↑ +68%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $308.00 ↑ +98%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +102%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $314.62 ↑ +102%
Humana Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +102%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +102%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +102%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +102%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $314.62 ↑ +102%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $314.62 ↑ +102%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $314.62 ↑ +102%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $314.62 ↑ +102%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +102%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +102%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +102%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +102%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $314.62 ↑ +102%
Health Net Medicare $314.62 ↑ +102%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $314.62 ↑ +102%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +102%
Provider Network of America Commercial $330.00 ↑ +112%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $330.35 ↑ +112%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $330.35 ↑ +112%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $346.08 ↑ +122%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $346.08 ↑ +122%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $424.74 ↑ +173%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $427.88 ↑ +175%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $440.47 ↑ +183%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $465.64 ↑ +199%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $471.93 ↑ +203%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $519.12 ↑ +233%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +651%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,114.00 ↑ +1257%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,210.00 ↑ +1319%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,326.00 ↑ +1393%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +2480%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +2728%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +2766%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +2905%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +3435%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Injection(s) trigger point(s) single/multiple 1 or 2 muscle(s) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $150.48 $154.00 – $4,018.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $124.52 $154.00 – $519.12
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $38.62 – $324.06
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Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $231.88 $117.77 – $519.12
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $127.16 $149.65 – $519.12
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