Cath lt/rt pulm art 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

$550.62

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.

$1,610.00

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.

$214.60 with Aetna vs $5,506.00 with Aetna — 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 Medicare Advantage $214.60 ↓ -61%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $222.11 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid $222.11 ↓ -60%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $222.11 ↓ -60%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $222.11 ↓ -60%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $222.11 ↓ -60%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $272.54 ↓ -51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $321.90 ↓ -42%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $375.55 ↓ -32%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $429.20 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $468.22 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $482.85 ↓ -12%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $482.85 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $499.44 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $524.40 ↓ -5%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $536.50 ↓ -3%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $536.50 ↓ -3%
Health Net Medicare $536.50 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medical Rental $565.47 ↑ +3%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $579.42 ↑ +5%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $579.42 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $624.29 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $624.29 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $624.29 ↑ +13%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $751.10 ↑ +36%
Provider Network of America Commercial $804.75 ↑ +46%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,114.00 ↑ +284%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,210.00 ↑ +301%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,326.00 ↑ +322%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +630%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +700%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +711%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +750%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +900%

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Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $569.94 $214.60 – $4,018.00
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