Set radiation therapy field 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

$990.89

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.

$2,073.00

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 Mercy Care 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
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $245.54 ↓ -75%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $245.54 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid $245.54 ↓ -75%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $245.54 ↓ -75%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $245.54 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $390.16 ↓ -61%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicare $390.16 ↓ -61%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $390.16 ↓ -61%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $390.16 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -61%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $390.16 ↓ -61%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -61%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $390.16 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -61%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -61%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $390.16 ↓ -61%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $390.16 ↓ -61%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $390.16 ↓ -61%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $409.67 ↓ -59%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $409.67 ↓ -59%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $429.18 ↓ -57%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $429.18 ↓ -57%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $526.72 ↓ -47%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $530.62 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $546.22 ↓ -45%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $577.44 ↓ -42%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $585.24 ↓ -41%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $643.76 ↓ -35%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $696.53 ↓ -30%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $725.55 ↓ -27%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $932.85 ↓ -6%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $932.85 ↓ -6%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,092.47 ↑ +10%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,119.42 ↑ +13%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,361.96 ↑ +37%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,424.15 ↑ +44%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,451.10 ↑ +46%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,506.47 ↑ +52%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,554.75 ↑ +57%
Aetna Designated Group $1,600.68 ↑ +62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,698.93 ↑ +71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $1,698.93 ↑ +71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,812.19 ↑ +83%
Aetna Broad Network $1,883.31 ↑ +90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,902.79 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,200.00 ↑ +122%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $2,265.24 ↑ +129%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,265.24 ↑ +129%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,265.24 ↑ +129%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,299.00 ↑ +132%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,420.00 ↑ +144%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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