Injection(s) trigger point(s) single/multiple >= 3 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

$177.00

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.

$500.00

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.

$175.00 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 $175.00 ↓ -1%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $189.35 ↑ +7%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $189.35 ↑ +7%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $189.35 ↑ +7%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $189.35 ↑ +7%
Health Net Medicaid $189.35 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $222.90 ↑ +26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $222.90 ↑ +26%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $225.00 ↑ +27%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $225.00 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $237.76 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $249.65 ↑ +41%
Aetna Medical Rental $263.50 ↑ +49%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $270.00 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $297.20 ↑ +68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $297.20 ↑ +68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $297.20 ↑ +68%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +78%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $314.62 ↑ +78%
Humana Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +78%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +78%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +78%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $314.62 ↑ +78%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $314.62 ↑ +78%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $314.62 ↑ +78%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $314.62 ↑ +78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +78%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +78%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +78%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +78%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $314.62 ↑ +78%
Health Net Medicare $314.62 ↑ +78%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $314.62 ↑ +78%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $314.62 ↑ +78%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $330.35 ↑ +87%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $330.35 ↑ +87%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $346.08 ↑ +96%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $346.08 ↑ +96%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $350.00 ↑ +98%
Provider Network of America Commercial $375.00 ↑ +112%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $424.74 ↑ +140%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $427.88 ↑ +142%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $440.47 ↑ +149%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $465.64 ↑ +163%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $471.93 ↑ +167%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $519.12 ↑ +193%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +561%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,114.00 ↑ +1094%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,210.00 ↑ +1149%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,326.00 ↑ +1214%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +2170%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +2389%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +2422%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +2544%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +3011%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Injection(s) trigger point(s) single/multiple >= 3 muscle(s) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $171.00 $175.00 – $4,018.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $141.50 $175.00 – $519.12
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $43.99 – $324.06
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $179.00 $86.72 – $519.12
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $181.50 $175.00 – $519.12
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $654.35 $133.94 – $519.12
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $144.50 $170.20 – $519.12
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $159.50 $86.72 – $519.12

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