Ultrasound scrotum and contents 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

$309.88

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.

$714.00

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.

$79.00 with Banner University Health Plan vs $551.65 with United Healthcare — 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
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $79.00 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -75%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -75%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -75%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -63%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $113.34 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicare $113.34 ↓ -63%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -63%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -63%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -63%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $113.34 ↓ -63%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $113.34 ↓ -63%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $113.34 ↓ -63%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $113.34 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -63%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -63%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $113.34 ↓ -63%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $113.34 ↓ -63%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↓ -62%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↓ -62%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $124.67 ↓ -60%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $124.67 ↓ -60%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $153.01 ↓ -51%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $154.14 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $158.68 ↓ -49%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $167.74 ↓ -46%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $170.01 ↓ -45%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $187.01 ↓ -40%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $239.90 ↓ -23%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $249.90 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $282.35 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $282.35 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $301.17 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $316.23 ↑ +2%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $321.30 ↑ +4%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $321.30 ↑ +4%
Aetna Joint Venture $329.87 ↑ +6%
Aetna Designated Group $350.57 ↑ +13%
Aetna Medical Rental $376.28 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $376.47 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $376.47 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $376.47 ↑ +21%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $385.56 ↑ +24%
Aetna Broad Network $411.98 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $467.28 ↑ +51%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $469.10 ↑ +51%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $490.52 ↑ +58%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $499.80 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare UHC Core $509.21 ↑ +64%
Provider Network of America Commercial $535.50 ↑ +73%
United Healthcare Commercial $551.65 ↑ +78%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Ultrasound scrotum and contents at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $228.48 $79.00 – $535.50
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $99.96 $79.00 – $535.50
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $417.43 $105.14 – $1,380.73
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $348.34 $105.14 – $1,090.32
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $249.19 $79.00 – $535.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $233.77 $79.00 – $561.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $197.26 $79.00 – $561.60
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $105.67 $79.00 – $571.20

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