Radiation treatment aid(s) 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

$494.25

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.

$1,034.00

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 Banner University Health Plan 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
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $91.98 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid $91.98 ↓ -81%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $91.98 ↓ -81%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $91.98 ↓ -81%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $91.98 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $141.51 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicare $141.51 ↓ -71%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $141.51 ↓ -71%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $141.51 ↓ -71%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $141.51 ↓ -71%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $141.51 ↓ -71%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $141.51 ↓ -71%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $148.59 ↓ -70%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $148.59 ↓ -70%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $155.66 ↓ -69%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $155.66 ↓ -69%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $191.04 ↓ -61%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $192.45 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $198.11 ↓ -60%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $209.43 ↓ -58%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $212.26 ↓ -57%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $233.49 ↓ -53%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $347.42 ↓ -30%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $361.90 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $454.88 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $454.88 ↓ -8%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $465.30 ↓ -6%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $465.30 ↓ -6%
Aetna Joint Venture $477.71 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $485.21 ↓ -2%
Aetna Designated Group $507.69 ↑ +3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $509.47 ↑ +3%
Aetna Medical Rental $544.92 ↑ +10%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $558.36 ↑ +13%
Aetna Broad Network $596.62 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $606.51 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $606.51 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $606.51 ↑ +23%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $679.34 ↑ +37%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $710.36 ↑ +44%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $723.80 ↑ +46%
Provider Network of America Commercial $775.50 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,200.00 ↑ +345%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,299.00 ↑ +365%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,420.00 ↑ +390%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Radiation treatment aid(s) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $476.67 $91.98 – $775.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $164.01 $91.98 – $616.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $385.68 $91.98 – $827.20
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $477.71 $91.98 – $775.50
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $432.21 $72.99 – $775.50
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $357.56 $141.51 – $739.44

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