Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$42.91
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.
$298.00
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.
$42.94 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $265.00 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.
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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| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $42.94 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $59.60 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $71.18 | ↑ +66% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $71.18 | ↑ +66% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $75.69 | ↑ +76% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $75.92 | ↑ +77% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $79.72 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $81.00 | ↑ +89% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $89.40 | ↑ +108% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $94.91 | ↑ +121% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $94.91 | ↑ +121% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $94.91 | ↑ +121% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $104.30 | ↑ +143% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $119.20 | ↑ +178% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $134.10 | ↑ +213% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $134.10 | ↑ +213% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $137.68 | ↑ +221% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $146.32 | ↑ +241% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $149.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $149.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $149.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $157.05 | ↑ +266% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $160.92 | ↑ +275% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $160.92 | ↑ +275% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $171.95 | ↑ +301% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $203.00 | ↑ +373% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $208.60 | ↑ +386% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $223.50 | ↑ +421% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $225.00 | ↑ +424% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $241.00 | ↑ +462% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $252.00 | ↑ +487% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $265.00 | ↑ +518% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $114.43 | $42.94 – $232.96 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $40.83 | $42.94 – $241.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $154.36 | $27.69 – $285.90 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $71.87 | $42.94 – $238.40 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $26.52 | $42.94 – $241.00 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $86.72 | $42.94 – $241.00 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $60.49 | $42.94 – $241.00 |
| Banner Ocotillo Medical Center | Chandler | $58.41 | $42.94 – $241.00 |