Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$1,805.05
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.
$5,099.00
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.
$1,784.65 with Hospice of the Valley vs $16,820.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. — 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 | $1,784.65 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $2,052.04 | ↑ +14% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $2,052.04 | ↑ +14% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $2,052.04 | ↑ +14% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $2,052.04 | ↑ +14% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $2,052.04 | ↑ +14% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $2,294.55 | ↑ +27% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $2,294.55 | ↑ +27% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $2,440.42 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $2,440.42 | ↑ +35% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $2,603.12 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $2,687.17 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $2,733.25 | ↑ +51% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $2,753.46 | ↑ +53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $3,253.90 | ↑ +80% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $3,253.90 | ↑ +80% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $3,253.90 | ↑ +80% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $3,458.17 | ↑ +92% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $3,569.30 | ↑ +98% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $3,631.08 | ↑ +101% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $3,631.08 | ↑ +101% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,803.99 | ↑ +111% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $3,803.99 | ↑ +111% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $3,824.25 | ↑ +112% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $4,668.53 | ↑ +159% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $4,703.11 | ↑ +161% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $4,841.44 | ↑ +168% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $4,972.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $5,118.09 | ↑ +184% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $5,187.26 | ↑ +187% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $5,705.98 | ↑ +216% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $6,560.00 | ↑ +263% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $6,758.00 | ↑ +274% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $6,856.00 | ↑ +280% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $7,180.00 | ↑ +298% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $7,217.00 | ↑ +300% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $8,447.00 | ↑ +368% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $15,138.00 | ↑ +739% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $16,820.00 | ↑ +832% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,743.86 | $1,784.65 – $15,138.00 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $1,443.02 | $1,784.65 – $5,705.98 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | not published | $423.06 – $3,561.92 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,825.44 | $949.44 – $5,705.98 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,635.32 | $1,576.75 – $5,705.98 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $2,374.14 | $1,466.47 – $5,705.98 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $1,473.61 | $1,784.65 – $5,705.98 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $1,412.42 | $1,429.17 – $5,187.26 |