Liver imag w/vasclr flow 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

$483.28

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.

$1,726.00

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.

$354.82 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $2,477.59 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $354.82 ↓ -27%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $354.82 ↓ -27%
Health Net Medicaid $354.82 ↓ -27%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $354.82 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $354.82 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +19%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +19%
Health Net Medicare $573.70 ↑ +19%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $573.70 ↑ +19%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +19%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $573.70 ↑ +19%
Humana Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +19%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +19%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $573.70 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +19%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +19%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +19%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $573.70 ↑ +19%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $573.70 ↑ +19%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $573.70 ↑ +19%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $573.70 ↑ +19%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +19%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↑ +19%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $579.94 ↑ +20%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $602.38 ↑ +25%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $602.38 ↑ +25%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $604.10 ↑ +25%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $631.07 ↑ +31%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $631.07 ↑ +31%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $774.50 ↑ +60%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $776.70 ↑ +61%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $776.70 ↑ +61%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $780.23 ↑ +61%
Aetna Joint Venture $797.41 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $803.18 ↑ +66%
Aetna Designated Group $847.47 ↑ +75%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $849.08 ↑ +76%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $860.55 ↑ +78%
Aetna Medical Rental $909.60 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $913.83 ↑ +89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $913.83 ↑ +89%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $932.04 ↑ +93%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $946.61 ↑ +96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $974.76 ↑ +102%
Aetna Broad Network $995.90 ↑ +106%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,023.49 ↑ +112%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,133.98 ↑ +135%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,185.76 ↑ +145%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,208.20 ↑ +150%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,218.45 ↑ +152%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,218.45 ↑ +152%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,218.45 ↑ +152%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,294.50 ↑ +168%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,100.33 ↑ +335%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,288.79 ↑ +374%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,477.59 ↑ +413%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Liver imag w/vasclr flow at other Arizona hospitals

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Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $541.96 $354.82 – $1,294.50
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