Romiplostim injection at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$51.55
Cash price 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.
$271.30
Gross charge 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.
$39.09 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $203.47 with Provider Network of America — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $39.09 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $54.26 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $68.91 | ↑ +34% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $81.39 | ↑ +58% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $94.95 | ↑ +84% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $108.52 | ↑ +111% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $114.76 | ↑ +123% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $114.76 | ↑ +123% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $114.76 | ↑ +123% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $122.08 | ↑ +137% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $122.08 | ↑ +137% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $122.42 | ↑ +137% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $135.65 | ↑ +163% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $135.65 | ↑ +163% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $135.65 | ↑ +163% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $142.98 | ↑ +177% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $146.50 | ↑ +184% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $146.50 | ↑ +184% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $178.24 | ↑ +246% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $186.38 | ↑ +262% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $189.91 | ↑ +268% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $203.47 | ↑ +295% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |