Str markers specimen anal at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$627.88
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.
$1,427.00
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.
$233.07 with Aetna vs $1,209.81 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $233.07 | ↓ -63% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $244.72 | ↓ -61% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $244.72 | ↓ -61% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $256.38 | ↓ -59% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $256.38 | ↓ -59% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $314.64 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $316.98 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $326.30 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $344.94 | ↓ -45% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $349.61 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $377.33 | ↓ -40% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $384.57 | ↓ -39% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $393.05 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $409.05 | ↓ -35% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $431.09 | ↓ -31% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $454.50 | ↓ -28% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $476.60 | ↓ -24% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $505.35 | ↓ -20% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $505.35 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $524.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $591.82 | ↓ -6% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $606.42 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $782.65 | ↑ +25% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $786.10 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $831.59 | ↑ +32% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $842.25 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $907.35 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $907.35 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $967.84 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $978.43 | ↑ +56% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,016.23 | ↑ +62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,209.81 | ↑ +93% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,209.81 | ↑ +93% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,209.81 | ↑ +93% |
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Str markers specimen anal at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $311.09 | $233.07 – $842.25 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $95.61 | $233.07 – $842.25 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $229.35 | $130.52 – $717.86 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $398.13 | $233.07 – $842.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $346.76 | $233.07 – $764.80 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $244.02 | $233.07 – $764.80 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $323.93 | $233.07 – $898.40 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $225.47 | $233.07 – $842.25 |