Salivary glnd img serial img 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

$286.44

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.

$1,023.00

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.

$273.41 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $1,909.17 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 Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -5%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -5%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -5%
Health Net Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -5%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $273.41 ↓ -5%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $343.73 ↑ +20%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $358.05 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +50%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +50%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $428.28 ↑ +50%
Humana Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +50%
Health Net Medicare $428.28 ↑ +50%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $428.28 ↑ +50%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +50%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $428.28 ↑ +50%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +50%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $428.28 ↑ +50%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +50%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $428.28 ↑ +50%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $428.28 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +50%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +50%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +50%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $428.28 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $443.77 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $443.77 ↑ +55%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↑ +57%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↑ +57%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $460.35 ↑ +61%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $460.35 ↑ +61%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↑ +64%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↑ +64%
Aetna Joint Venture $472.63 ↑ +65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $473.35 ↑ +65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $497.02 ↑ +74%
Aetna Designated Group $502.29 ↑ +75%
Aetna Medical Rental $539.12 ↑ +88%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $552.42 ↑ +93%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $578.18 ↑ +102%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $582.46 ↑ +103%
Aetna Broad Network $590.27 ↑ +106%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $591.69 ↑ +107%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $591.69 ↑ +107%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $591.69 ↑ +107%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $599.59 ↑ +109%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $633.85 ↑ +121%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $642.42 ↑ +124%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $672.11 ↑ +135%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $702.80 ↑ +145%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $706.66 ↑ +147%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $716.10 ↑ +150%
Provider Network of America Commercial $767.25 ↑ +168%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,617.92 ↑ +465%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,763.10 ↑ +516%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,909.17 ↑ +567%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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Salivary glnd img serial img at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $321.22 $273.41 – $767.25
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $137.08 $273.41 – $767.25
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $406.13 $172.65 – $767.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $275.54 $143.31 – $810.40
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $215.85 $273.41 – $767.25
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $295.65 $273.41 – $767.25
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $250.64 $72.99 – $767.25

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