Brain image w/flow 4 + views 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

$726.60

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,314.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$354.82 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $2,477.59 with United Healthcare — 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 →

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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $354.82 ↓ -51%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $354.82 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicaid $354.82 ↓ -51%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $354.82 ↓ -51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $354.82 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↓ -21%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $573.70 ↓ -21%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↓ -21%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↓ -21%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $573.70 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicare $573.70 ↓ -21%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↓ -21%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $573.70 ↓ -21%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $573.70 ↓ -21%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↓ -21%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $573.70 ↓ -21%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $573.70 ↓ -21%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $602.38 ↓ -17%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $602.38 ↓ -17%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $631.07 ↓ -13%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $631.07 ↓ -13%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $777.50 ↑ +7%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $780.23 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $803.18 ↑ +11%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $809.90 ↑ +11%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $849.08 ↑ +17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $860.55 ↑ +18%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $946.61 ↑ +30%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,041.30 ↑ +43%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,041.30 ↑ +43%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,069.07 ↑ +47%
Aetna Designated Group $1,136.17 ↑ +56%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,219.48 ↑ +68%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,249.56 ↑ +72%
Aetna Broad Network $1,335.18 ↑ +84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,450.82 ↑ +100%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,520.30 ↑ +109%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,547.54 ↑ +113%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,589.72 ↑ +119%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,619.80 ↑ +123%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,624.91 ↑ +124%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,735.50 ↑ +139%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,934.43 ↑ +166%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,934.43 ↑ +166%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,934.43 ↑ +166%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,100.33 ↑ +189%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,288.79 ↑ +215%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,477.59 ↑ +241%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Brain image w/flow 4 + views at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $647.92 $354.82 – $1,735.50
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $310.08 $354.82 – $1,735.50
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $670.60 $315.42 – $2,099.02
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $918.66 $354.82 – $1,735.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,032.24 $354.82 – $3,036.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $490.57 $354.82 – $1,851.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $455.86 $354.82 – $1,735.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $490.57 $354.82 – $1,851.20

All Arizona hospitals for this procedure →