Change of ureter tube/stent 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

$654.59

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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$1,914.00

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.

$669.90 with Hospice of the Valley vs $5,506.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $669.90 ↑ +2%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $861.30 ↑ +32%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $861.30 ↑ +32%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,008.68 ↑ +54%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,033.56 ↑ +58%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +79%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,299.92 ↑ +99%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $1,299.92 ↑ +99%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,299.92 ↑ +99%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $1,299.92 ↑ +99%
Health Net Medicaid $1,299.92 ↑ +99%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,339.80 ↑ +105%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,435.50 ↑ +119%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $2,183.34 ↑ +234%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,183.34 ↑ +234%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $2,183.34 ↑ +234%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $2,183.34 ↑ +234%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $2,183.34 ↑ +234%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $2,183.34 ↑ +234%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $2,183.34 ↑ +234%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $2,183.34 ↑ +234%
Health Net Medicare $2,183.34 ↑ +234%
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,183.34 ↑ +234%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,183.34 ↑ +234%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $2,183.34 ↑ +234%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $2,183.34 ↑ +234%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $2,183.34 ↑ +234%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,183.34 ↑ +234%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $2,183.34 ↑ +234%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $2,292.51 ↑ +250%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $2,292.51 ↑ +250%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $2,401.67 ↑ +267%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,401.67 ↑ +267%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,440.42 ↑ +273%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,603.12 ↑ +298%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,733.25 ↑ +318%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2,969.34 ↑ +354%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $3,056.68 ↑ +367%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $3,231.34 ↑ +394%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $3,253.90 ↑ +397%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,253.90 ↑ +397%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,253.90 ↑ +397%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $3,275.01 ↑ +400%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $3,602.51 ↑ +450%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +514%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +573%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +582%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $4,640.00 ↑ +609%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +615%
United Healthcare UHC Core $4,850.00 ↑ +641%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,105.00 ↑ +680%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +741%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Change of ureter tube/stent at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $677.56 $669.90 – $3,602.51
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $541.66 $669.90 – $3,602.51
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $81.18 – $2,248.85
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $685.21 $861.30 – $3,602.51
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,140.55 $1,038.00 – $3,602.51
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $1,655.83 $1,038.00 – $3,602.51
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $553.15 $669.90 – $3,602.51
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $530.18 $669.90 – $3,275.01

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