Drug assay caffeine 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

$14.73

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.

$116.00

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.

$38.57 with Mercy Care vs $176.76 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
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $38.57 ↑ +162%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $38.57 ↑ +162%
Humana Medicare Advantage $38.57 ↑ +162%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $38.57 ↑ +162%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $38.57 ↑ +162%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $38.57 ↑ +162%
Health Net Medicaid $38.57 ↑ +162%
Health Net Medicare $38.57 ↑ +162%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $38.57 ↑ +162%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $38.57 ↑ +162%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $38.57 ↑ +162%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $38.57 ↑ +162%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $38.57 ↑ +162%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $38.57 ↑ +162%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $38.57 ↑ +162%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $38.57 ↑ +162%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $38.57 ↑ +162%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $38.57 ↑ +162%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $38.57 ↑ +162%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $38.57 ↑ +162%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $38.57 ↑ +162%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $38.98 ↑ +165%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $40.50 ↑ +175%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $40.50 ↑ +175%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $40.60 ↑ +176%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $42.43 ↑ +188%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $42.43 ↑ +188%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $52.20 ↑ +254%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $52.20 ↑ +254%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $52.46 ↑ +256%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $54.00 ↑ +267%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $57.08 ↑ +288%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $57.85 ↑ +293%
Aetna Medical Rental $61.13 ↑ +315%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $62.64 ↑ +325%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $63.64 ↑ +332%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $67.69 ↑ +360%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $71.35 ↑ +384%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $75.21 ↑ +411%
United Healthcare UHC Core $78.88 ↑ +436%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $81.20 ↑ +451%
United Healthcare Commercial $86.79 ↑ +489%
Provider Network of America Commercial $87.00 ↑ +491%
Aetna Joint Venture $129.52 ↑ +779%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $132.57 ↑ +800%
Aetna Designated Group $137.62 ↑ +834%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $141.41 ↑ +860%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $148.47 ↑ +908%
Aetna Broad Network $161.92 ↑ +999%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $176.76 ↑ +1100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $176.76 ↑ +1100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $176.76 ↑ +1100%

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Drug assay caffeine at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $17.40 $38.57 – $87.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $9.74 $38.57 – $87.00
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $37.96 $21.60 – $118.80
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $18.56 $38.57 – $87.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $18.79 $38.57 – $92.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $18.10 $38.57 – $92.80
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $17.52 $38.57 – $92.80
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $13.11 $38.57 – $87.00

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