Prq av fstl crtj uxtr 1 acs 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

$6,225.09

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.

$17,585.00

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.

$4,018.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $31,578.74 with Oscar Health Plan — 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
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↓ -35%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↓ -28%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $6,154.75 ↓ -1%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $7,604.00 ↑ +22%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $7,913.25 ↑ +27%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $7,913.25 ↑ +27%
Aetna Joint Venture $9,112.00 ↑ +46%
Aetna Medical Rental $9,267.30 ↑ +49%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $9,495.90 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $9,613.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna Designated Group $9,682.00 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $9,813.71 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $9,813.71 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare UHC Core $10,046.00 ↑ +61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $10,467.96 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare Commercial $10,575.00 ↑ +70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $10,991.27 ↑ +77%
Aetna Broad Network $11,390.00 ↑ +83%
Health Net Medicaid $11,646.40 ↑ +87%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $11,646.40 ↑ +87%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $11,646.40 ↑ +87%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $11,646.40 ↑ +87%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $11,646.40 ↑ +87%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $12,309.50 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $13,084.95 ↑ +110%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $13,084.95 ↑ +110%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $13,084.95 ↑ +110%
Provider Network of America Commercial $13,188.75 ↑ +112%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
Health Net Medicare $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
Humana Medicare Advantage $19,138.63 ↑ +207%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $20,095.56 ↑ +223%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $20,095.56 ↑ +223%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $21,052.49 ↑ +238%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $21,052.49 ↑ +238%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $25,837.15 ↑ +315%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $26,028.54 ↑ +318%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $26,794.08 ↑ +330%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $28,325.17 ↑ +355%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $28,707.94 ↑ +361%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $31,578.74 ↑ +407%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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Prq av fstl crtj uxtr 1 acs at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa not published $8,229.45 – $11,646.40
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $5,416.18 $72.99 – $31,578.74
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix not published $3,818.00 – $11,646.40
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson not published $8,372.62 – $11,646.40

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