Radiation therapy dose plan 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

$269.11

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.

$563.00

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.

$91.98 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $2,420.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $91.98 ↓ -66%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $91.98 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid $91.98 ↓ -66%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $91.98 ↓ -66%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $91.98 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicare $141.51 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -47%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -47%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $141.51 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $141.51 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -47%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -47%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -47%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $141.51 ↓ -47%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $141.51 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -47%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $141.51 ↓ -47%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $141.51 ↓ -47%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $141.51 ↓ -47%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -47%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $148.59 ↓ -45%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $148.59 ↓ -45%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $155.66 ↓ -42%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $155.66 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $156.17 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $156.17 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $166.58 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $174.91 ↓ -35%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $189.17 ↓ -30%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $191.04 ↓ -29%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $192.45 ↓ -28%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $197.05 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $198.11 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $208.22 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $208.22 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $208.22 ↓ -23%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $209.43 ↓ -22%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $212.26 ↓ -21%
Aetna Joint Venture $214.27 ↓ -20%
Aetna Designated Group $227.67 ↓ -15%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $233.49 ↓ -13%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $253.35 ↓ -6%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $253.35 ↓ -6%
Aetna Broad Network $267.87 ↓ -0%
Aetna Medical Rental $296.70 ↑ +10%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $304.02 ↑ +13%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $369.89 ↑ +37%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $386.78 ↑ +44%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $394.10 ↑ +46%
Provider Network of America Commercial $422.25 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,200.00 ↑ +718%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,299.00 ↑ +754%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,420.00 ↑ +799%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Radiation therapy dose plan at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $147.11 $69.38 – $460.46
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $259.54 $60.76 – $422.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $91.16 $88.44 – $342.40
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $210.00 $91.98 – $450.40
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $260.11 $91.98 – $422.25
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $235.33 $60.76 – $422.25
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $350.30 $69.38 – $724.43
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $160.27 $64.05 – $502.32

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