Nuclear rx IV admin 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

$665.98

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.

$1,876.00

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.

$180.97 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $1,407.00 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 $180.97 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid $180.97 ↓ -73%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $180.97 ↓ -73%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $180.97 ↓ -73%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $180.97 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $215.24 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $215.24 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $229.59 ↓ -66%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -64%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $238.88 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -64%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $238.88 ↓ -64%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $238.88 ↓ -64%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $238.88 ↓ -64%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $238.88 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -64%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -64%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -64%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $238.88 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicare $238.88 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $238.88 ↓ -64%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $238.88 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $241.07 ↓ -64%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $250.82 ↓ -62%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $250.82 ↓ -62%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $262.77 ↓ -61%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $262.77 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $286.99 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $286.99 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $286.99 ↓ -57%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $322.49 ↓ -52%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $324.88 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $334.43 ↓ -50%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $353.54 ↓ -47%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $358.32 ↓ -46%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $394.15 ↓ -41%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $630.34 ↓ -5%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $656.60 ↓ -1%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $844.20 ↑ +27%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $844.20 ↑ +27%
Aetna Joint Venture $866.71 ↑ +30%
Aetna Designated Group $921.12 ↑ +38%
Aetna Medical Rental $988.65 ↑ +48%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,013.04 ↑ +52%
Aetna Broad Network $1,082.45 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,086.01 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,183.46 ↑ +78%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,232.53 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,263.71 ↑ +90%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,288.81 ↑ +94%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,313.20 ↑ +97%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,407.00 ↑ +111%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Nuclear rx IV admin at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $262.64 $180.97 – $1,407.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $496.82 $180.49 – $1,407.00
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $746.65 $83.74 – $1,407.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $392.03 $180.97 – $714.40
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $656.60 $164.35 – $1,500.80
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $461.18 $126.05 – $1,407.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $499.33 $83.74 – $1,500.80
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $561.39 $180.97 – $1,407.00

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