Assay of somatostatin at Banner Baywood Medical Center

6644 East Baywood Avenue, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1194758284

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$10.41

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.

$82.00

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.

$18.28 with Gila River Health Care Corporation vs $83.74 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
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $18.28 ↑ +76%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $18.28 ↑ +76%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.28 ↑ +76%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $18.28 ↑ +76%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $18.28 ↑ +76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $18.28 ↑ +76%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $18.28 ↑ +76%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $18.28 ↑ +76%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $18.28 ↑ +76%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $18.28 ↑ +76%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $18.28 ↑ +76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $18.28 ↑ +76%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $18.28 ↑ +76%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $18.28 ↑ +76%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $18.28 ↑ +76%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $18.28 ↑ +76%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $18.28 ↑ +76%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.28 ↑ +76%
Humana Medicare Advantage $18.28 ↑ +76%
Health Net Medicare $18.28 ↑ +76%
Health Net Medicaid $18.28 ↑ +76%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $19.19 ↑ +84%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $19.19 ↑ +84%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $20.11 ↑ +93%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $20.11 ↑ +93%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $24.86 ↑ +139%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $25.59 ↑ +146%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $27.05 ↑ +160%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $27.42 ↑ +163%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $27.55 ↑ +165%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $28.70 ↑ +176%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $30.16 ↑ +190%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $32.08 ↑ +208%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $33.81 ↑ +225%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $35.64 ↑ +242%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $36.90 ↑ +254%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $36.90 ↑ +254%
United Healthcare UHC Core $37.38 ↑ +259%
United Healthcare Commercial $41.13 ↑ +295%
Aetna Medical Rental $43.21 ↑ +315%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $44.28 ↑ +325%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $57.40 ↑ +451%
Aetna Joint Venture $61.38 ↑ +490%
Provider Network of America Commercial $61.50 ↑ +491%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $62.81 ↑ +503%
Aetna Designated Group $65.22 ↑ +527%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $66.99 ↑ +544%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $70.34 ↑ +576%
Aetna Broad Network $76.74 ↑ +637%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $83.74 ↑ +704%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $83.74 ↑ +704%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $83.74 ↑ +704%

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Assay of somatostatin at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $12.30 $18.28 – $61.50
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $167.58 $18.28 – $524.53
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $13.12 $18.28 – $61.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $13.28 $18.28 – $65.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $12.79 $18.28 – $65.60
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $12.38 $18.28 – $65.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $9.27 $18.28 – $61.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $12.63 $18.28 – $65.60

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