Version cephalic external at Banner Desert Medical Center
1400 South Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1720011810
$1,814.69
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.
$1,945.00
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.
$653.52 with Aetna vs $5,591.54 with Oscar Health Plan — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $653.52 | ↓ -64% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $680.75 | ↓ -62% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $875.25 | ↓ -52% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $875.25 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $898.59 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $955.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $1,025.02 | ↓ -44% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $1,050.30 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,122.27 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $1,124.00 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $1,174.00 | ↓ -35% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,236.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,277.87 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,336.21 | ↓ -26% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,361.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,458.75 | ↓ -20% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $1,901.83 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $1,901.83 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $1,901.83 | ↑ +5% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $1,901.83 | ↑ +5% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $1,901.83 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus | $2,440.42 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $2,440.42 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $2,603.12 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $2,733.25 | ↑ +51% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $3,253.90 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $3,253.90 | ↑ +79% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $3,253.90 | ↑ +79% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $3,388.81 | ↑ +87% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $3,558.25 | ↑ +96% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $3,558.25 | ↑ +96% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $3,727.69 | ↑ +105% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,727.69 | ↑ +105% |
| NaphCare | Federal Prison System | $4,574.89 | ↑ +152% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $4,608.78 | ↑ +154% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $4,744.33 | ↑ +161% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $5,015.44 | ↑ +176% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $5,083.22 | ↑ +180% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $5,591.54 | ↑ +208% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Version cephalic external at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | not published | $105.51 – $3,490.48 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $724.72 | $105.51 – $2,705.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,733.00 | $653.52 – $5,591.54 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,303.15 | $632.12 – $5,591.54 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $478.14 | $680.75 – $5,083.22 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $2,145.34 | $653.52 – $5,591.54 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $1,729.11 | $653.52 – $5,083.22 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $1,960.56 | $653.52 – $5,591.54 |