Application of paste boot 29580 at Banner Baywood Medical Center
6644 East Baywood Avenue, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1194758284
$161.28
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$420.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$56.00 with Aetna vs $451.76 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 | Medicare Advantage | $56.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $71.12 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $84.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $94.08 | ↓ -42% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $98.00 | ↓ -39% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $102.36 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $102.36 | ↓ -37% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $102.36 | ↓ -37% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $102.36 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $102.36 | ↓ -37% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $112.00 | ↓ -31% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $126.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $126.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $129.36 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $135.80 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $137.48 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $140.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $140.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $140.00 | ↓ -13% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $141.96 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $147.56 | ↓ -9% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $149.52 | ↓ -7% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $151.20 | ↓ -6% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $151.20 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $161.56 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $183.96 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $192.36 | ↑ +19% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $196.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $210.00 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $338.82 | ↑ +110% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $361.41 | ↑ +124% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $379.48 | ↑ +135% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $451.76 | ↑ +180% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $451.76 | ↑ +180% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $451.76 | ↑ +180% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Application of paste boot 29580 at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | not published | $27.54 – $173.23 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $217.56 | $56.00 – $210.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $101.29 | $56.00 – $258.71 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $189.00 | $56.00 – $210.00 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $100.50 | $47.62 – $105.30 |
| Banner Page Hospital | Page | $174.76 | $24.42 – $107.59 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $335.78 | $27.54 – $462.94 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $815.46 | $27.54 – $147.34 |