Prostate biopsy, any mthd at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$241.56
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.
$922.00
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.
$132.86 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $2,507.64 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $132.86 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $309.79 | ↑ +28% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $322.70 | ↑ +34% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $383.40 | ↑ +59% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $402.57 | ↑ +67% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $402.57 | ↑ +67% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $414.90 | ↑ +72% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $414.90 | ↑ +72% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $421.74 | ↑ +75% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $421.74 | ↑ +75% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $485.89 | ↑ +101% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $497.88 | ↑ +106% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $517.59 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $521.42 | ↑ +116% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $536.76 | ↑ +122% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $538.71 | ↑ +123% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $567.43 | ↑ +135% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $575.10 | ↑ +138% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $605.75 | ↑ +151% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $608.25 | ↑ +152% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $632.61 | ↑ +162% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $633.41 | ↑ +162% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $645.40 | ↑ +167% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $655.34 | ↑ +171% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $691.50 | ↑ +186% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $1,164.22 | ↑ +382% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $1,237.03 | ↑ +412% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,455.45 | ↑ +503% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,880.73 | ↑ +679% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $1,880.73 | ↑ +679% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $2,006.12 | ↑ +730% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $2,106.41 | ↑ +772% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $2,507.64 | ↑ +938% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $2,507.64 | ↑ +938% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $2,507.64 | ↑ +938% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Prostate biopsy, any mthd at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $202.84 | $132.86 – $691.50 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $98.65 | $132.86 – $691.50 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $377.37 | $214.76 – $1,181.18 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $256.32 | $132.86 – $691.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $322.50 | $175.37 – $973.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $341.98 | $175.37 – $973.60 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $201.92 | $132.86 – $737.60 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $211.14 | $132.86 – $691.50 |