Thyroid met uptake at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$150.64
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.
$538.00
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.
$107.60 with Aetna vs $403.50 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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $107.60 | ↓ -29% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $112.98 | ↓ -25% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $112.98 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $112.98 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $112.98 | ↓ -25% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $112.98 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $136.65 | ↓ -9% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $161.40 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $180.77 | ↑ +20% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $188.30 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $209.85 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $209.85 | ↑ +39% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $215.20 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $223.84 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $235.03 | ↑ +56% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $242.10 | ↑ +61% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $242.10 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $248.56 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $264.16 | ↑ +75% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $269.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $269.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $269.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $279.80 | ↑ +86% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $279.80 | ↑ +86% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $279.80 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $283.53 | ↑ +88% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $290.52 | ↑ +93% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $290.52 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $310.43 | ↑ +106% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $353.47 | ↑ +135% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $369.61 | ↑ +145% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $376.60 | ↑ +150% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $403.50 | ↑ +168% |
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Thyroid met uptake at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $168.93 | $107.60 – $403.50 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $72.09 | $95.76 – $403.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $213.59 | $81.64 – $403.50 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $114.06 | $81.64 – $430.40 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $113.52 | $107.60 – $403.50 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $155.48 | $107.60 – $403.50 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $131.81 | $72.99 – $403.50 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $422.11 | $81.89 – $872.95 |