Nuclear rx intra-articular at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$317.37
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.
$894.00
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.
$159.01 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $1,263.71 with United Healthcare — 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $159.01 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $159.01 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $169.61 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $178.09 | ↓ -44% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $180.97 | ↓ -43% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $180.97 | ↓ -43% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $180.97 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $180.97 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $180.97 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $212.01 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $212.01 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $212.01 | ↓ -33% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $238.88 | ↓ -25% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $250.82 | ↓ -21% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $250.82 | ↓ -21% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $262.77 | ↓ -17% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $262.77 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $300.38 | ↓ -5% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $312.90 | ↓ -1% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $322.49 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $324.88 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $334.43 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $353.54 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $358.32 | ↑ +13% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $394.15 | ↑ +24% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $402.30 | ↑ +27% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $402.30 | ↑ +27% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $413.03 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $438.95 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $471.14 | ↑ +48% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $482.76 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $515.84 | ↑ +63% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $587.36 | ↑ +85% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $614.18 | ↑ +94% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $625.80 | ↑ +97% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $670.50 | ↑ +111% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $1,086.01 | ↑ +242% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $1,183.46 | ↑ +273% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,263.71 | ↑ +298% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Nuclear rx intra-articular at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $355.81 | $61.86 – $670.50 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $267.53 | $159.01 – $670.50 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $413.03 | $159.01 – $670.50 |