Culture quantitative aerobic other source 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

$13.60

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.

$61.00

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.

$9.89 with Gila River Health Care Corporation vs $45.75 with Provider Network of America — 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
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $9.89 ↓ -27%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $9.89 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -27%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $9.89 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -27%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $9.89 ↓ -27%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $9.89 ↓ -27%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $9.89 ↓ -27%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $9.89 ↓ -27%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -27%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -27%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $9.89 ↓ -27%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $9.89 ↓ -27%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare Advantage $9.89 ↓ -27%
Health Net Medicare $9.89 ↓ -27%
Health Net Medicaid $9.89 ↓ -27%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $10.38 ↓ -24%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $10.38 ↓ -24%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $10.88 ↓ -20%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.88 ↓ -20%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $13.45 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $13.85 ↑ +2%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $14.64 ↑ +8%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $14.84 ↑ +9%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $16.32 ↑ +20%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $17.36 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $18.29 ↑ +34%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $19.29 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare UHC Core $20.22 ↑ +49%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $20.50 ↑ +51%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $21.35 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare Commercial $22.26 ↑ +64%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $27.45 ↑ +102%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $27.45 ↑ +102%
Aetna Medical Rental $32.15 ↑ +136%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $32.94 ↑ +142%
Aetna Joint Venture $33.21 ↑ +144%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $34.01 ↑ +150%
Aetna Designated Group $35.29 ↑ +159%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $36.27 ↑ +167%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $38.09 ↑ +180%
Aetna Broad Network $41.52 ↑ +205%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $42.70 ↑ +214%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $45.34 ↑ +233%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $45.34 ↑ +233%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $45.34 ↑ +233%
Provider Network of America Commercial $45.75 ↑ +236%

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Culture quantitative aerobic other source at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $14.88 $9.89 – $45.75
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $10.00 $9.89 – $45.75
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $73.86 $5.93 – $244.29
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $9.84 $5.60 – $30.80
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $13.48 $9.89 – $45.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $14.27 $9.89 – $48.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $10.19 $9.89 – $48.80
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $11.10 $9.89 – $48.80

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