Ins pm gen w/exist mlt leads 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

$5,691.26

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.

$16,077.00

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.

$3,741.03 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $51,815.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $3,741.03 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,741.03 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,990.44 ↓ -30%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↓ -29%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $4,094.00 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $4,189.93 ↓ -26%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,988.05 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $4,988.05 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,988.05 ↓ -12%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $5,626.95 ↓ -1%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $7,234.65 ↑ +27%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $7,234.65 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medical Rental $8,472.58 ↑ +49%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $8,681.58 ↑ +53%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $11,253.90 ↑ +98%
Provider Network of America Commercial $12,057.75 ↑ +112%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $13,493.16 ↑ +137%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $13,493.16 ↑ +137%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $13,493.16 ↑ +137%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $13,493.16 ↑ +137%
Health Net Medicaid $13,493.16 ↑ +137%
Aetna Joint Venture $17,328.00 ↑ +204%
Aetna Designated Group $18,411.00 ↑ +223%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
Humana Medicare Advantage $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
Health Net Medicare $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $20,326.42 ↑ +257%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $21,342.74 ↑ +275%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $21,342.74 ↑ +275%
Aetna Broad Network $21,660.00 ↑ +281%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $22,359.06 ↑ +293%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $22,359.06 ↑ +293%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $27,440.67 ↑ +382%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $27,643.93 ↑ +386%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $28,456.99 ↑ +400%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $30,083.10 ↑ +429%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $30,489.63 ↑ +436%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $33,538.59 ↑ +489%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $47,100.00 ↑ +728%
United Healthcare UHC Core $49,224.00 ↑ +765%
United Healthcare Commercial $51,815.00 ↑ +810%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $5,498.33 $3,741.03 – $33,538.59
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $4,549.79 $3,137.11 – $33,538.59
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Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $5,755.57 $1,455.44 – $33,538.59
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