Map tachycard site(s) 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

$3,698.49

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.

$11,486.00

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.

$2,297.20 with Aetna vs $43,322.00 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.

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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 $2,297.20 ↓ -38%
Health Net Medicaid $2,412.06 ↓ -35%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $2,412.06 ↓ -35%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $2,412.06 ↓ -35%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,917.44 ↓ -21%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $3,445.80 ↓ -7%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $4,020.10 ↑ +9%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $4,594.40 ↑ +24%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $5,168.70 ↑ +40%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $5,168.70 ↑ +40%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $5,570.71 ↑ +51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $5,743.00 ↑ +55%
Health Net Medicare $5,743.00 ↑ +55%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $5,743.00 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare UHC Core $5,823.40 ↑ +57%
Aetna Medical Rental $6,053.12 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Commercial $6,133.52 ↑ +66%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $6,202.44 ↑ +68%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $6,202.44 ↑ +68%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $7,546.30 ↑ +104%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $7,890.88 ↑ +113%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $8,040.20 ↑ +117%
Provider Network of America Commercial $8,614.50 ↑ +133%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $12,098.58 ↑ +227%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $12,098.58 ↑ +227%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $12,905.15 ↑ +249%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $13,550.31 ↑ +266%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $15,142.00 ↑ +309%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $16,131.44 ↑ +336%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $16,131.44 ↑ +336%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $16,131.44 ↑ +336%
Aetna Joint Venture $34,658.00 ↑ +837%
Aetna Designated Group $36,824.00 ↑ +896%
Aetna Broad Network $43,322.00 ↑ +1071%

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Map tachycard site(s) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $1,137.11 $2,297.20 – $12,098.58
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $3,285.00 $2,044.51 – $10,145.46
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $2,771.19 $301.41 – $8,989.20
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Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $2,232.87 $1,698.00 – $10,321.97
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $993.33 $1,698.00 – $7,270.15
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