Penis study at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$167.44
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.
$473.00
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.
$165.55 with Hospice of the Valley vs $5,506.00 with Aetna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $165.55 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $191.73 | ↑ +15% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $191.73 | ↑ +15% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $191.73 | ↑ +15% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $191.73 | ↑ +15% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $191.73 | ↑ +15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $212.85 | ↑ +27% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $212.85 | ↑ +27% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $249.27 | ↑ +49% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $255.42 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $326.00 | ↑ +95% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $326.00 | ↑ +95% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $331.10 | ↑ +98% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $331.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $347.74 | ↑ +108% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $348.50 | ↑ +108% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $348.50 | ↑ +108% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $354.75 | ↑ +112% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $360.00 | ↑ +115% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $365.09 | ↑ +118% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $365.09 | ↑ +118% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $365.12 | ↑ +118% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $400.00 | ↑ +139% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $434.67 | ↑ +160% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $434.67 | ↑ +160% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $434.67 | ↑ +160% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $448.06 | ↑ +168% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $451.38 | ↑ +170% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $464.66 | ↑ +178% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $491.21 | ↑ +193% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $497.85 | ↑ +197% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $547.63 | ↑ +227% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,170.00 | ↑ +599% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $2,114.00 | ↑ +1163% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $2,210.00 | ↑ +1220% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,326.00 | ↑ +1289% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $4,405.00 | ↑ +2531% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $4,680.00 | ↑ +2695% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $5,506.00 | ↑ +3188% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Penis study at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | not published | $112.65 – $341.86 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $182.58 | $165.55 – $497.85 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $183.05 | $165.55 – $547.63 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $145.21 | $165.55 – $547.63 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $89.87 | $165.55 – $497.85 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $160.17 | $136.53 – $299.70 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $112.65 – $331.90 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $112.65 – $341.86 |