Artery x-rays lung at Banner Baywood Medical Center
6644 East Baywood Avenue, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1194758284
$1,048.53
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.
$4,993.00
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.
$283.53 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $14,487.17 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.
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 |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $283.53 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $302.44 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $317.56 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $378.04 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $378.04 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $378.04 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $998.60 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $1,268.22 | ↑ +21% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $1,497.90 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $1,677.65 | ↑ +60% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $1,747.55 | ↑ +67% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $1,997.20 | ↑ +90% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $2,074.70 | ↑ +98% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $2,074.70 | ↑ +98% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $2,074.70 | ↑ +98% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $2,074.70 | ↑ +98% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $2,074.70 | ↑ +98% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $2,246.85 | ↑ +114% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $2,246.85 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $2,306.77 | ↑ +120% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $2,451.56 | ↑ +134% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $2,496.50 | ↑ +138% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $2,496.50 | ↑ +138% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $2,496.50 | ↑ +138% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $2,631.31 | ↑ +151% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $2,696.22 | ↑ +157% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $2,696.22 | ↑ +157% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $2,880.96 | ↑ +175% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $3,280.40 | ↑ +213% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $3,430.19 | ↑ +227% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $3,495.10 | ↑ +233% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $3,744.75 | ↑ +257% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $12,286.55 | ↑ +1072% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $13,389.06 | ↑ +1177% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $14,487.17 | ↑ +1282% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Artery x-rays lung at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $1,308.17 | $283.53 – $12,286.55 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $838.82 | $237.76 – $12,286.55 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,053.52 | $110.31 – $12,286.55 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $937.24 | $241.90 – $14,487.17 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $1,163.99 | $170.38 – $14,487.17 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $1,378.07 | $216.50 – $12,286.55 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $1,048.53 | $166.04 – $11,792.62 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $1,153.38 | $110.31 – $12,286.55 |