Insitu hybridization (fish) at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$262.00
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.
$1,000.00
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.
$173.71 with Aetna vs $1,164.65 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 | Banner Employee Plans | $173.71 | ↓ -34% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $180.95 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $182.64 | ↓ -30% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $191.77 | ↓ -27% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $191.77 | ↓ -27% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $200.90 | ↓ -23% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $200.90 | ↓ -23% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $211.16 | ↓ -19% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $211.16 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $211.16 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $211.16 | ↓ -19% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $211.16 | ↓ -19% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $232.65 | ↓ -11% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $232.65 | ↓ -11% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $246.56 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $248.39 | ↓ -5% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $255.70 | ↓ -2% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $270.31 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $272.46 | ↑ +4% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $273.96 | ↑ +5% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $279.18 | ↑ +7% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $301.36 | ↑ +15% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $354.81 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $358.40 | ↑ +37% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $358.40 | ↑ +37% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $361.90 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $382.29 | ↑ +46% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $387.75 | ↑ +48% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $394.23 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $401.41 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $477.87 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $477.87 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $477.87 | ↑ +82% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $538.71 | ↑ +106% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $608.25 | ↑ +132% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $655.34 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $931.61 | ↑ +256% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $989.87 | ↑ +278% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,164.65 | ↑ +345% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Insitu hybridization (fish) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $220.00 | $173.71 – $387.75 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $55.32 | $173.71 – $387.75 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $483.63 | $97.64 – $1,053.58 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $487.08 | $94.79 – $521.33 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $143.73 | $139.44 – $387.75 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $196.90 | $180.95 – $413.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $208.78 | $182.64 – $594.40 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $113.22 | $173.71 – $413.60 |