Vancomycin peak therapeutic drug level at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$30.30
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.
$202.00
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.
$13.54 with Aetna vs $62.05 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 |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $13.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $13.78 | ↓ -55% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $14.22 | ↓ -53% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $14.22 | ↓ -53% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $14.35 | ↓ -53% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $14.89 | ↓ -51% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $14.89 | ↓ -51% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $18.28 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $18.41 | ↓ -39% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $18.45 | ↓ -39% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $18.45 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $18.96 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $20.04 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $20.31 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $21.61 | ↓ -29% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $22.14 | ↓ -27% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $22.34 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $23.76 | ↓ -22% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $25.04 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $26.40 | ↓ -13% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $27.68 | ↓ -9% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $28.70 | ↓ -5% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $30.46 | ↑ +1% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $30.75 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $45.47 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $46.54 | ↑ +54% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $46.54 | ↑ +54% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $48.31 | ↑ +59% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $49.64 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $52.12 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $56.84 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $62.05 | ↑ +105% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $62.05 | ↑ +105% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $62.05 | ↑ +105% |
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Vancomycin peak therapeutic drug level at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $25.65 | $13.54 – $30.75 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $16.97 | $13.54 – $30.75 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $10.13 | $8.12 – $65.92 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $108.00 | $13.54 – $338.03 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $32.32 | $13.54 – $30.75 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $29.65 | $13.54 – $32.80 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $28.55 | $13.54 – $32.80 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $30.50 | $13.54 – $32.80 |