Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) 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

$1,975.05

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.

$5,775.00

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.

$770.00 with Aetna vs $9,299.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. — 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 $770.00 ↓ -61%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $977.90 ↓ -50%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,155.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↓ -41%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $1,271.93 ↓ -36%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $1,271.93 ↓ -36%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $1,271.93 ↓ -36%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $1,271.93 ↓ -36%
Health Net Medicaid $1,271.93 ↓ -36%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,347.50 ↓ -32%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $1,540.00 ↓ -22%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,732.50 ↓ -12%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,732.50 ↓ -12%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,925.00 ↓ -3%
Health Net Medicare $1,925.00 ↓ -3%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,925.00 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medical Rental $2,028.95 ↑ +3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,074.36 ↑ +5%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $2,079.00 ↑ +5%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $2,079.00 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,212.65 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,323.26 ↑ +18%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,695.00 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,765.81 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,765.81 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $2,765.81 ↑ +40%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,887.50 ↑ +46%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +123%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +137%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $5,307.00 ↑ +169%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +179%
United Healthcare UHC Core $5,546.00 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,838.00 ↑ +196%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $8,369.00 ↑ +324%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $9,299.00 ↑ +371%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $2,044.35 $770.00 – $2,887.50
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $1,634.32 $770.00 – $8,369.00
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $202.05 – $2,143.74
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,609.18 $591.00 – $7,674.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $2,372.17 $591.00 – $7,674.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $2,234.93 $770.00 – $8,369.00
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $1,778.70 $72.99 – $8,369.00
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $320.55 $202.05 – $457.92

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