Biopsy bone trocar/needle superficial 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

$604.03

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.

$1,573.00

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.

$528.53 with Aetna vs $3,253.90 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
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $528.53 ↓ -12%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $550.55 ↓ -9%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $707.85 ↑ +17%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $707.85 ↑ +17%
Aetna Joint Venture $726.73 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $762.90 ↑ +26%
Aetna Designated Group $772.34 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare UHC Core $797.51 ↑ +32%
Aetna Medical Rental $828.97 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare Commercial $839.98 ↑ +39%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $849.42 ↑ +41%
Aetna Broad Network $907.62 ↑ +50%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +69%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $1,020.08 ↑ +69%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +69%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +69%
Health Net Medicaid $1,020.08 ↑ +69%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,033.46 ↑ +71%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,080.65 ↑ +79%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,101.10 ↑ +82%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,179.75 ↑ +95%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +186%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +186%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +186%
Health Net Medicare $1,726.88 ↑ +186%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +186%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +186%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +186%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $1,726.88 ↑ +186%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +186%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +186%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +186%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +186%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $1,726.88 ↑ +186%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +186%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,726.88 ↑ +186%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $1,726.88 ↑ +186%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $1,813.22 ↑ +200%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,813.22 ↑ +200%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,899.57 ↑ +214%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $1,899.57 ↑ +214%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,348.56 ↑ +289%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $2,417.63 ↑ +300%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,440.42 ↑ +304%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,555.78 ↑ +323%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $2,590.32 ↑ +329%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,603.12 ↑ +331%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,733.25 ↑ +353%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $2,849.35 ↑ +372%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $3,253.90 ↑ +439%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,253.90 ↑ +439%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,253.90 ↑ +439%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Biopsy bone trocar/needle superficial at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $556.84 $550.55 – $2,849.35
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $445.16 $550.55 – $2,849.35
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $90.48 – $1,778.69
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $993.35 $90.48 – $2,518.67
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $563.13 $707.85 – $2,849.35
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $750.32 $723.45 – $2,849.35
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $1,089.31 $723.45 – $2,849.35
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $454.60 $550.55 – $2,849.35

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