Transperi needle place pros 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

$2,511.63

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.

$7,095.00

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.

$2,483.25 with Hospice of the Valley vs $16,820.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. — 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
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $2,483.25 ↓ -1%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $3,192.75 ↑ +27%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $3,192.75 ↑ +27%
Health Net Medicaid $3,200.08 ↑ +27%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $3,200.08 ↑ +27%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $3,200.08 ↑ +27%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $3,200.08 ↑ +27%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $3,200.08 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medical Rental $3,739.07 ↑ +49%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $3,831.30 ↑ +53%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $4,094.00 ↑ +63%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $4,966.50 ↑ +98%
Provider Network of America Commercial $5,321.25 ↑ +112%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
Health Net Medicare $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $5,418.22 ↑ +116%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $5,689.13 ↑ +127%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $5,689.13 ↑ +127%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5,960.04 ↑ +137%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $5,960.04 ↑ +137%
Aetna Joint Venture $5,974.00 ↑ +138%
Aetna Designated Group $6,347.00 ↑ +153%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $7,314.60 ↑ +191%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $7,368.78 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $7,462.00 ↑ +197%
Aetna Broad Network $7,467.00 ↑ +197%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $7,585.51 ↑ +202%
United Healthcare UHC Core $7,799.00 ↑ +211%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $8,018.97 ↑ +219%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $8,127.33 ↑ +224%
United Healthcare Commercial $8,209.00 ↑ +227%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $8,940.06 ↑ +256%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $9,813.71 ↑ +291%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $9,813.71 ↑ +291%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $10,467.96 ↑ +317%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $10,991.27 ↑ +338%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $13,084.95 ↑ +421%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $13,084.95 ↑ +421%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $13,084.95 ↑ +421%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $15,138.00 ↑ +503%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $16,820.00 ↑ +570%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Transperi needle place pros at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $818.59 – $5,580.77
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $4,064.15 $3,200.08 – $8,956.80
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $2,050.46 $2,483.25 – $8,940.06
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $2,178.16 $2,483.25 – $8,940.06
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $2,185.26 $72.99 – $8,940.06
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $3,236.31 $818.59 – $6,692.88
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $818.59 – $5,418.22
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix not published $3,200.08 – $3,818.00

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