Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative 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

$9.15

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.

$61.00

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.

$8.17 with Aetna vs $37.39 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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 $8.17 ↓ -11%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $8.17 ↓ -11%
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.17 ↓ -11%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $8.17 ↓ -11%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $8.17 ↓ -11%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $8.17 ↓ -11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $8.17 ↓ -11%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.17 ↓ -11%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $8.17 ↓ -11%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $8.17 ↓ -11%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $8.17 ↓ -11%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $8.17 ↓ -11%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $8.17 ↓ -11%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $8.17 ↓ -11%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $8.17 ↓ -11%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $8.17 ↓ -11%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $8.17 ↓ -11%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $8.17 ↓ -11%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $8.17 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $8.17 ↓ -11%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.17 ↓ -11%
Health Net Medicaid $8.17 ↓ -11%
Health Net Medicare $8.17 ↓ -11%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $8.40 ↓ -8%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $8.58 ↓ -6%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $8.58 ↓ -6%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $8.75 ↓ -4%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.99 ↓ -2%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $8.99 ↓ -2%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $11.03 ↑ +21%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $11.11 ↑ +21%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $11.25 ↑ +23%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $11.25 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $11.44 ↑ +25%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $12.09 ↑ +32%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $12.26 ↑ +34%
Aetna Medical Rental $13.18 ↑ +44%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $13.48 ↑ +47%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $13.50 ↑ +48%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $14.34 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $15.11 ↑ +65%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $15.93 ↑ +74%
United Healthcare UHC Core $16.70 ↑ +83%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $17.50 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare Commercial $18.39 ↑ +101%
Provider Network of America Commercial $18.75 ↑ +105%
Aetna Joint Venture $27.43 ↑ +200%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $28.05 ↑ +207%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $28.05 ↑ +207%
Aetna Designated Group $29.15 ↑ +219%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $29.92 ↑ +227%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $31.41 ↑ +243%
Aetna Broad Network $34.30 ↑ +275%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $37.39 ↑ +309%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $37.39 ↑ +309%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $37.39 ↑ +309%

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Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $7.75 $8.17 – $18.75
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $5.12 $8.17 – $18.75
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $70.15 $4.90 – $225.50
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $29.52 $4.58 – $25.17
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $9.76 $8.17 – $18.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $9.88 $8.17 – $20.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $9.52 $8.17 – $20.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $9.21 $8.17 – $20.00

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