Ultrasound hips infant dynamic 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

$243.91

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.

$562.00

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.

$58.65 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $506.50 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.

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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
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -76%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -76%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $58.65 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -76%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -62%
Health Net Medicare $93.85 ↓ -62%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -62%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $93.85 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -62%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $93.85 ↓ -62%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $93.85 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -62%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $93.85 ↓ -62%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $93.85 ↓ -62%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -62%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $93.85 ↓ -62%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $93.85 ↓ -62%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -62%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $98.54 ↓ -60%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $98.54 ↓ -60%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $103.23 ↓ -58%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $103.23 ↓ -58%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $126.70 ↓ -48%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $127.64 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $131.39 ↓ -46%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $138.90 ↓ -43%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $140.78 ↓ -42%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $154.85 ↓ -37%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $188.83 ↓ -23%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $196.70 ↓ -19%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $252.90 ↑ +4%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $252.90 ↑ +4%
Aetna Joint Venture $259.64 ↑ +6%
Aetna Designated Group $275.94 ↑ +13%
Aetna Medical Rental $296.17 ↑ +21%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $303.48 ↑ +24%
Aetna Broad Network $324.27 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $347.17 ↑ +42%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $369.23 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare UHC Core $378.33 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $379.87 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $379.87 ↑ +56%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $386.09 ↑ +58%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $393.40 ↑ +61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $405.20 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare Commercial $409.57 ↑ +68%
Provider Network of America Commercial $421.50 ↑ +73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $425.46 ↑ +74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $506.50 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $506.50 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $506.50 ↑ +108%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Ultrasound hips infant dynamic at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $179.84 $58.65 – $421.50
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $78.68 $58.65 – $421.50
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $270.96 $93.85 – $896.25
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $196.14 $58.65 – $421.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $202.46 $58.65 – $486.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $170.85 $58.65 – $486.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $153.43 $58.65 – $421.50
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $236.04 $58.65 – $421.50

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