Warde folic acid rbc 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

$8.25

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.

$55.00

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.

$17.65 with Aetna vs $80.91 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.65 ↑ +114%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $17.65 ↑ +114%
Humana Medicare Advantage $17.65 ↑ +114%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $17.65 ↑ +114%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $17.65 ↑ +114%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $17.65 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $17.65 ↑ +114%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.65 ↑ +114%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $17.65 ↑ +114%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $17.65 ↑ +114%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $17.65 ↑ +114%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $17.65 ↑ +114%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $17.65 ↑ +114%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $17.65 ↑ +114%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $17.65 ↑ +114%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $17.65 ↑ +114%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $17.65 ↑ +114%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $17.65 ↑ +114%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $17.65 ↑ +114%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $17.65 ↑ +114%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.65 ↑ +114%
Health Net Medicaid $17.65 ↑ +114%
Health Net Medicare $17.65 ↑ +114%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $18.48 ↑ +124%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $18.53 ↑ +125%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $18.53 ↑ +125%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $19.25 ↑ +133%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $19.41 ↑ +135%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19.41 ↑ +135%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $23.83 ↑ +189%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $24.00 ↑ +191%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $24.71 ↑ +200%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $24.75 ↑ +200%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $24.75 ↑ +200%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $26.12 ↑ +217%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $26.48 ↑ +221%
Aetna Medical Rental $28.98 ↑ +251%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $29.12 ↑ +253%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $29.70 ↑ +260%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $30.97 ↑ +275%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $32.64 ↑ +296%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $34.41 ↑ +317%
United Healthcare UHC Core $36.09 ↑ +337%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $38.50 ↑ +367%
United Healthcare Commercial $39.72 ↑ +381%
Provider Network of America Commercial $41.25 ↑ +400%
Aetna Joint Venture $59.27 ↑ +618%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $60.68 ↑ +636%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $60.68 ↑ +636%
Aetna Designated Group $62.98 ↑ +663%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $64.72 ↑ +684%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $67.96 ↑ +724%
Aetna Broad Network $74.09 ↑ +798%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $80.91 ↑ +881%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $80.91 ↑ +881%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $80.91 ↑ +881%

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Warde folic acid rbc at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $6.98 $17.65 – $41.25
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $4.62 $17.65 – $41.25
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $17.37 $9.89 – $54.37
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $8.80 $17.65 – $41.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $8.91 $17.65 – $44.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $8.58 $17.65 – $44.00
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $32.22 $17.65 – $38.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $8.30 $17.65 – $44.00

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