St evaluation swallow function at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$100.67
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.
$423.00
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.
$81.00 with Aetna vs $609.35 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.
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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| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $81.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $84.60 | ↓ -16% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $88.83 | ↓ -12% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $88.83 | ↓ -12% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $88.83 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $107.44 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $126.90 | ↑ +26% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $148.05 | ↑ +47% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $169.20 | ↑ +68% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $190.35 | ↑ +89% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $190.35 | ↑ +89% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $195.43 | ↑ +94% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $203.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $207.69 | ↑ +106% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $211.50 | ↑ +110% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $211.50 | ↑ +110% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $211.50 | ↑ +110% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $222.92 | ↑ +121% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $225.00 | ↑ +124% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $228.42 | ↑ +127% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $228.42 | ↑ +127% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $241.00 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $244.07 | ↑ +142% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $252.00 | ↑ +150% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $265.00 | ↑ +163% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $296.10 | ↑ +194% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $317.25 | ↑ +215% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $457.01 | ↑ +354% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $457.01 | ↑ +354% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $487.48 | ↑ +384% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $511.85 | ↑ +408% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $609.35 | ↑ +505% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $609.35 | ↑ +505% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $609.35 | ↑ +505% |
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St evaluation swallow function at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $71.49 | $81.00 – $457.01 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $112.02 | $75.29 – $383.23 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $111.15 | $74.38 – $367.65 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $104.06 | $81.00 – $317.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $86.77 | $63.80 – $389.90 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $48.81 | $63.80 – $274.62 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $88.41 | $81.00 – $348.96 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $73.18 | $81.00 – $317.25 |