Rmvl ndwellg tun pleural cath 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

$589.76

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.

$1,666.00

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.

$360.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $5,506.00 with Aetna — 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 $360.00 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid $392.67 ↓ -33%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $392.67 ↓ -33%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $392.67 ↓ -33%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $392.67 ↓ -33%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $392.67 ↓ -33%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $400.00 ↓ -32%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $583.10 ↓ -1%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↑ +12%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $658.95 ↑ +12%
Humana Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↑ +12%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↑ +12%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $658.95 ↑ +12%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $658.95 ↑ +12%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $658.95 ↑ +12%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $658.95 ↑ +12%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↑ +12%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↑ +12%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↑ +12%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↑ +12%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $658.95 ↑ +12%
Health Net Medicare $658.95 ↑ +12%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $658.95 ↑ +12%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $658.95 ↑ +12%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $691.90 ↑ +17%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $691.90 ↑ +17%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $724.85 ↑ +23%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $724.85 ↑ +23%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $749.70 ↑ +27%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $749.70 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medical Rental $877.98 ↑ +49%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $889.58 ↑ +51%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $896.17 ↑ +52%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $899.64 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $922.53 ↑ +56%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $975.25 ↑ +65%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $988.42 ↑ +68%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,087.27 ↑ +84%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,166.20 ↑ +98%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +98%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,249.50 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,440.42 ↑ +314%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $2,440.42 ↑ +314%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,603.12 ↑ +341%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,733.25 ↑ +363%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $3,152.00 ↑ +434%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $3,253.90 ↑ +452%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,253.90 ↑ +452%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,253.90 ↑ +452%
United Healthcare UHC Core $3,294.00 ↑ +459%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,467.00 ↑ +488%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +647%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +694%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +834%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Rmvl ndwellg tun pleural cath at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $569.77 $360.00 – $1,249.50
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