Mayo analysis gene smn1 dosage/deletion 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

$231.00

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.

$525.00

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.

$137.00 with Care 1st vs $711.13 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
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $137.00 ↓ -41%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $137.00 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare Advantage $137.00 ↓ -41%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $137.00 ↓ -41%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $137.00 ↓ -41%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $137.00 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $137.00 ↓ -41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $137.00 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $137.00 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $137.00 ↓ -41%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $137.00 ↓ -41%
Health Net Medicaid $137.00 ↓ -41%
Health Net Medicare $137.00 ↓ -41%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $137.00 ↓ -41%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $137.00 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $137.00 ↓ -41%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $137.00 ↓ -41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $137.00 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $137.00 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $137.00 ↓ -41%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $137.00 ↓ -41%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $137.00 ↓ -41%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $137.00 ↓ -41%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $143.85 ↓ -38%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $143.85 ↓ -38%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $150.70 ↓ -35%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $150.70 ↓ -35%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $176.40 ↓ -24%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $183.75 ↓ -20%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $184.95 ↓ -20%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $186.32 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $191.80 ↓ -17%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $202.76 ↓ -12%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $205.50 ↓ -11%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $226.05 ↓ -2%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $236.25 ↑ +2%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $236.25 ↑ +2%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $240.44 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $253.40 ↑ +10%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $267.15 ↑ +16%
Aetna Medical Rental $276.68 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare UHC Core $280.15 ↑ +21%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $283.50 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Commercial $308.25 ↑ +33%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $367.50 ↑ +59%
Provider Network of America Commercial $393.75 ↑ +70%
Aetna Joint Venture $460.05 ↑ +99%
Aetna Designated Group $488.82 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $533.35 ↑ +131%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $533.35 ↑ +131%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $568.90 ↑ +146%
Aetna Broad Network $575.13 ↑ +149%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $597.34 ↑ +159%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $711.13 ↑ +208%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $711.13 ↑ +208%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $711.13 ↑ +208%

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Mayo analysis gene smn1 dosage/deletion at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $134.81 $76.72 – $421.96
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $127.58 $137.00 – $420.00
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $113.92 $72.99 – $393.75
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $146.87 $76.72 – $460.32

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