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

$604.67

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.

$1,265.00

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.

$245.54 with Health Net 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
Health Net Medicaid $245.54 ↓ -59%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $245.54 ↓ -59%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $245.54 ↓ -59%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $245.54 ↓ -59%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $245.54 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $304.72 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $304.72 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $325.04 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $341.29 ↓ -44%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -35%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $390.16 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -35%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $390.16 ↓ -35%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $390.16 ↓ -35%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $390.16 ↓ -35%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $390.16 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -35%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -35%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -35%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $390.16 ↓ -35%
Health Net Medicare $390.16 ↓ -35%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $390.16 ↓ -35%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $406.30 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $406.30 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $406.30 ↓ -33%
Aetna Joint Venture $408.27 ↓ -32%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $409.67 ↓ -32%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $409.67 ↓ -32%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $425.04 ↓ -30%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $429.18 ↓ -29%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $429.18 ↓ -29%
Aetna Designated Group $433.80 ↓ -28%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $442.75 ↓ -27%
Aetna Broad Network $510.39 ↓ -16%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $526.72 ↓ -13%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $530.62 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $546.22 ↓ -10%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $569.25 ↓ -6%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $569.25 ↓ -6%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $577.44 ↓ -5%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $585.24 ↓ -3%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $643.76 ↑ +6%
Aetna Medical Rental $666.65 ↑ +10%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $683.10 ↑ +13%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $831.11 ↑ +37%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $869.05 ↑ +44%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $885.50 ↑ +46%
Provider Network of America Commercial $948.75 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,200.00 ↑ +264%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,299.00 ↑ +280%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,420.00 ↑ +300%
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 $583.17 $118.55 – $948.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $251.13 $168.51 – $943.20
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $471.84 $232.68 – $1,012.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $584.43 $245.54 – $948.75
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