MRI breast without cont bi 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

$705.67

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.

$2,916.00

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.

$166.84 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $2,187.00 with Provider Network of America — 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -76%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -76%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -76%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $166.84 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -63%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $257.63 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -63%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -63%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $257.63 ↓ -63%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $257.63 ↓ -63%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $257.63 ↓ -63%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $257.63 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -63%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -63%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -63%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $257.63 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicare $257.63 ↓ -63%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $257.63 ↓ -63%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -63%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $270.51 ↓ -62%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $270.51 ↓ -62%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $283.39 ↓ -60%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $283.39 ↓ -60%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $347.80 ↓ -51%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $350.38 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $360.68 ↓ -49%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $381.29 ↓ -46%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $386.44 ↓ -45%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $425.09 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $697.70 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $697.70 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $744.21 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $781.41 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $930.26 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $930.26 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $930.26 ↑ +32%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $979.78 ↑ +39%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,020.60 ↑ +45%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,312.20 ↑ +86%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,312.20 ↑ +86%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,346.00 ↑ +91%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,347.19 ↑ +91%
Aetna Designated Group $1,431.76 ↑ +103%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,496.00 ↑ +112%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,536.73 ↑ +118%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,574.64 ↑ +123%
Aetna Broad Network $1,682.53 ↑ +138%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,041.20 ↑ +189%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,187.00 ↑ +210%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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MRI breast without cont bi at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $516.13 $166.84 – $2,187.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $746.50 $166.84 – $2,187.00
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $1,255.34 $236.38 – $3,929.31
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $559.87 $166.84 – $2,187.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $419.58 $166.84 – $1,814.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $358.34 $166.84 – $1,814.40
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $428.65 $166.84 – $2,332.80
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $431.57 $166.84 – $2,332.80

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