Membrane amnioband 2x2cm -cost per sq cm at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$133.61
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.
$506.10
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.
$28.18 with Aetna vs $960.78 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.
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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $28.18 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $35.79 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $42.27 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $47.34 | ↓ -65% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $49.31 | ↓ -63% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $56.36 | ↓ -58% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $63.41 | ↓ -53% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $63.41 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $64.25 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $68.20 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $68.34 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $70.45 | ↓ -47% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $70.45 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $70.45 | ↓ -47% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $71.44 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $74.25 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $75.24 | ↓ -44% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $76.09 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $76.09 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $77.21 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $80.31 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $80.74 | ↓ -40% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $98.63 | ↓ -26% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $105.67 | ↓ -21% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $137.19 | ↑ +3% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $137.19 | ↑ +3% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $137.19 | ↑ +3% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $137.19 | ↑ +3% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $137.19 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $720.59 | ↑ +439% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $720.59 | ↑ +439% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $768.63 | ↑ +475% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $807.05 | ↑ +504% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $960.78 | ↑ +619% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $960.78 | ↑ +619% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $960.78 | ↑ +619% |
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Membrane amnioband 2x2cm -cost per sq cm at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $137.66 | $101.22 – $720.59 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $139.57 | $49.58 – $280.34 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $146.38 | $49.58 – $614.77 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $124.50 | $49.58 – $550.22 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $106.97 | $60.94 – $421.99 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $131.59 | $49.58 – $280.34 |
| Banner Ocotillo Medical Center | Chandler | $143.23 | $101.22 – $720.59 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $133.10 | $48.70 – $280.34 |