Warde vitamin a 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

$9.30

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.

$62.00

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.

$11.61 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $53.22 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. Medicare Advantage $11.61 ↑ +25%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $11.61 ↑ +25%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.61 ↑ +25%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $11.61 ↑ +25%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $11.61 ↑ +25%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $11.61 ↑ +25%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $11.61 ↑ +25%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $11.61 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $11.61 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.61 ↑ +25%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $11.61 ↑ +25%
Health Net Medicaid $11.61 ↑ +25%
Health Net Medicare $11.61 ↑ +25%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $11.61 ↑ +25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $11.61 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $11.61 ↑ +25%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.61 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.61 ↑ +25%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $11.61 ↑ +25%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $11.61 ↑ +25%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $11.61 ↑ +25%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $11.61 ↑ +25%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $11.61 ↑ +25%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $12.19 ↑ +31%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $12.19 ↑ +31%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.77 ↑ +37%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $12.77 ↑ +37%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $15.67 ↑ +68%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $15.79 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $16.25 ↑ +75%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $17.18 ↑ +85%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $17.41 ↑ +87%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $19.16 ↑ +106%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $20.39 ↑ +119%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $20.83 ↑ +124%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $21.47 ↑ +131%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $21.70 ↑ +133%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $22.65 ↑ +144%
United Healthcare UHC Core $23.74 ↑ +155%
United Healthcare Commercial $26.13 ↑ +181%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $27.90 ↑ +200%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $27.90 ↑ +200%
Aetna Medical Rental $32.67 ↑ +251%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $33.48 ↑ +260%
Aetna Joint Venture $38.99 ↑ +319%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $39.92 ↑ +329%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $39.92 ↑ +329%
Aetna Designated Group $41.42 ↑ +345%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $42.58 ↑ +358%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $43.40 ↑ +367%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $44.71 ↑ +381%
Provider Network of America Commercial $46.50 ↑ +400%
Aetna Broad Network $48.74 ↑ +424%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $53.22 ↑ +472%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $53.22 ↑ +472%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $53.22 ↑ +472%

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Warde vitamin a at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $7.87 $11.61 – $46.50
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $5.21 $11.61 – $46.50
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $45.21 $6.96 – $149.52
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $11.43 $6.51 – $35.76
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $9.92 $11.61 – $46.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $10.04 $11.61 – $49.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $9.67 $11.61 – $49.60
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $9.36 $11.61 – $49.60

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