Place gastrostomy tube perc 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

$902.35

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.

$2,549.00

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.

$892.15 with Hospice of the Valley vs $6,483.00 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.

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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
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $892.15 ↓ -1%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,147.05 ↑ +27%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,147.05 ↑ +27%
Health Net Medicaid $1,178.14 ↑ +31%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $1,178.14 ↑ +31%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $1,178.14 ↑ +31%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,178.14 ↑ +31%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,178.14 ↑ +31%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,343.32 ↑ +49%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,376.46 ↑ +53%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,784.30 ↑ +98%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,911.75 ↑ +112%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
Health Net Medicare $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $2,021.85 ↑ +124%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $2,122.94 ↑ +135%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $2,122.94 ↑ +135%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $2,224.03 ↑ +146%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,224.03 ↑ +146%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $2,633.00 ↑ +192%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $2,729.50 ↑ +202%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,749.72 ↑ +205%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,830.59 ↑ +214%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,992.34 ↑ +232%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $3,032.78 ↑ +236%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,268.08 ↑ +262%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $3,268.08 ↑ +262%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $3,336.05 ↑ +270%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,485.96 ↑ +286%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $3,660.23 ↑ +306%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +345%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $4,357.45 ↑ +383%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,357.45 ↑ +383%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,357.45 ↑ +383%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +395%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $4,640.00 ↑ +414%
United Healthcare UHC Core $4,850.00 ↑ +437%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,105.00 ↑ +466%
Aetna Joint Venture $5,186.00 ↑ +475%
Aetna Designated Group $5,511.00 ↑ +511%
Aetna Broad Network $6,483.00 ↑ +618%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $871.76 $892.15 – $4,018.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $721.37 $892.15 – $3,336.05
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $208.49 – $2,082.51
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