Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$1.00
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.
$32.40
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.
$6.48 with Aetna vs $47.42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $6.48 | ↑ +548% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $8.23 | ↑ +723% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $9.72 | ↑ +872% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $10.89 | ↑ +989% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $11.34 | ↑ +1034% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $12.96 | ↑ +1196% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $13.92 | ↑ +1292% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $13.92 | ↑ +1292% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $13.92 | ↑ +1292% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $14.58 | ↑ +1358% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $14.58 | ↑ +1358% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $15.69 | ↑ +1469% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $15.69 | ↑ +1469% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $15.69 | ↑ +1469% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $15.69 | ↑ +1469% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $15.69 | ↑ +1469% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $15.71 | ↑ +1471% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $16.20 | ↑ +1520% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $16.20 | ↑ +1520% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $16.20 | ↑ +1520% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $16.43 | ↑ +1543% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $17.07 | ↑ +1607% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $17.30 | ↑ +1630% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $17.50 | ↑ +1650% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $17.50 | ↑ +1650% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $22.68 | ↑ +2168% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $23.30 | ↑ +2230% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $24.30 | ↑ +2330% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $25.89 | ↑ +2489% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $35.57 | ↑ +3457% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $35.57 | ↑ +3457% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $37.94 | ↑ +3694% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $39.83 | ↑ +3883% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $47.42 | ↑ +4642% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $47.42 | ↑ +4642% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $47.42 | ↑ +4642% |
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Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $13.34 | $7.13 – $44.12 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $15.26 | $2.38 – $17.00 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $12.37 | $7.13 – $44.12 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $11.08 | $4.94 – $25.02 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $62.33 | $7.13 – $79.80 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | $16.62 | $2.38 – $17.00 |