Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$41.78

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.

$329.00

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.

$18.96 with Care 1st vs $86.90 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
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $18.96 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $18.96 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.96 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $18.96 ↓ -55%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $18.96 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $18.96 ↓ -55%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $18.96 ↓ -55%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $18.96 ↓ -55%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $18.96 ↓ -55%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $18.96 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18.96 ↓ -55%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $18.96 ↓ -55%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $18.96 ↓ -55%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $18.96 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare Advantage $18.96 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicare $18.96 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid $18.96 ↓ -55%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $18.96 ↓ -55%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $18.96 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $18.96 ↓ -55%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $18.96 ↓ -55%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $19.15 ↓ -54%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $19.91 ↓ -52%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $19.91 ↓ -52%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $19.95 ↓ -52%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $20.86 ↓ -50%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $20.86 ↓ -50%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $25.65 ↓ -39%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $25.65 ↓ -39%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $25.79 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $26.54 ↓ -36%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $28.06 ↓ -33%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $28.44 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medical Rental $30.04 ↓ -28%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $30.78 ↓ -26%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $31.28 ↓ -25%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $33.26 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $35.07 ↓ -16%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $36.96 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare UHC Core $38.77 ↓ -7%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $39.90 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial $42.66 ↑ +2%
Provider Network of America Commercial $42.75 ↑ +2%
Aetna Joint Venture $63.67 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $65.17 ↑ +56%
Aetna Designated Group $67.65 ↑ +62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $69.52 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $72.99 ↑ +75%
Aetna Broad Network $79.59 ↑ +90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $86.90 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $86.90 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $86.90 ↑ +108%

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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $49.35 $18.96 – $42.75
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $27.64 $18.96 – $42.75
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $112.88 $11.37 – $330.07
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $115.13 $10.62 – $58.40
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $52.64 $18.96 – $42.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $53.30 $18.96 – $45.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $51.32 $18.96 – $45.60
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $33.40 $18.96 – $39.90

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