Rheumatoid factor quantitative 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

$14.36

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.

$55.00

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.

$5.67 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $25.98 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.

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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 Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $5.67 ↓ -61%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $5.67 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.67 ↓ -61%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $5.67 ↓ -61%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $5.67 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5.67 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $5.67 ↓ -61%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $5.67 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $5.67 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.67 ↓ -61%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $5.67 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid $5.67 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicare $5.67 ↓ -61%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $5.67 ↓ -61%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $5.67 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $5.67 ↓ -61%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $5.67 ↓ -61%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $5.67 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.67 ↓ -61%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $5.67 ↓ -61%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $5.67 ↓ -61%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $5.67 ↓ -61%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $5.67 ↓ -61%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $5.95 ↓ -59%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $5.95 ↓ -59%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $6.05 ↓ -58%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.24 ↓ -57%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $6.24 ↓ -57%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $6.30 ↓ -56%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $7.65 ↓ -47%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $7.71 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $7.94 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $8.10 ↓ -44%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $8.10 ↓ -44%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $8.39 ↓ -42%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $8.51 ↓ -41%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $9.36 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medical Rental $9.49 ↓ -34%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $9.72 ↓ -32%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $9.96 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $10.49 ↓ -27%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $11.07 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare UHC Core $11.60 ↓ -19%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $12.60 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.77 ↓ -11%
Provider Network of America Commercial $13.50 ↓ -6%
Aetna Joint Venture $19.04 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $19.49 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $19.49 ↑ +36%
Aetna Designated Group $20.23 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $20.78 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $21.82 ↑ +52%
Aetna Broad Network $23.80 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $25.98 ↑ +81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $25.98 ↑ +81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $25.98 ↑ +81%

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Rheumatoid factor quantitative at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $9.24 $5.67 – $13.50
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $10.18 $5.67 – $13.50
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $24.60 $3.18 – $17.47
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $10.45 $5.67 – $13.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $11.82 $5.67 – $14.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $7.48 $5.67 – $14.40
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $10.55 $5.67 – $12.60
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $10.06 $5.67 – $14.40

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