X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest 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

$201.32

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.

$719.00

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 Arizona Physicians IPA 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -61%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -61%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -61%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $79.00 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicare $113.34 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -44%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $113.34 ↓ -44%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $113.34 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -44%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -44%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -44%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $113.34 ↓ -44%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $113.34 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -44%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $113.34 ↓ -44%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $113.34 ↓ -44%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $113.34 ↓ -44%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↓ -41%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↓ -41%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $124.67 ↓ -38%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $124.67 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ MaricopaFocus $140.42 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $140.42 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $149.78 ↓ -26%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $153.01 ↓ -24%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $154.14 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $157.27 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $158.68 ↓ -21%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $167.74 ↓ -17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $170.01 ↓ -16%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $187.01 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $187.23 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $187.23 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $187.23 ↓ -7%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $241.58 ↑ +20%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $251.65 ↑ +25%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $323.55 ↑ +61%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $323.55 ↑ +61%
Aetna Joint Venture $332.18 ↑ +65%
Aetna Designated Group $353.03 ↑ +75%
Aetna Medical Rental $378.91 ↑ +88%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $388.26 ↑ +93%
Aetna Broad Network $414.86 ↑ +106%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $467.28 ↑ +132%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $472.38 ↑ +135%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $493.95 ↑ +145%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $503.30 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare UHC Core $509.21 ↑ +153%
Provider Network of America Commercial $539.25 ↑ +168%
United Healthcare Commercial $551.65 ↑ +174%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $207.07 $79.00 – $539.25
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $298.38 $79.00 – $539.25
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $224.53 $52.57 – $742.66
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $390.41 $52.57 – $486.64
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $202.76 $54.63 – $539.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $246.00 $68.62 – $656.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $252.56 $68.62 – $656.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $175.44 $79.00 – $575.20

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