Evaluation heart device 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

$203.25

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.

$2,053.00

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.

$410.60 with Aetna vs $43,322.00 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 $410.60 ↑ +102%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $424.97 ↑ +109%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $424.97 ↑ +109%
Health Net Medicaid $424.97 ↑ +109%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $521.46 ↑ +157%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $615.90 ↑ +203%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $718.55 ↑ +254%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $821.20 ↑ +304%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $923.85 ↑ +355%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $923.85 ↑ +355%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $995.71 ↑ +390%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,026.50 ↑ +405%
Health Net Medicare $1,026.50 ↑ +405%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,026.50 ↑ +405%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,040.87 ↑ +412%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,081.93 ↑ +432%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,096.30 ↑ +439%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,108.62 ↑ +445%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,108.62 ↑ +445%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,348.82 ↑ +564%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,410.41 ↑ +594%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,437.10 ↑ +607%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,539.75 ↑ +658%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,872.88 ↑ +821%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,997.74 ↑ +883%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,097.61 ↑ +932%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $2,497.18 ↑ +1129%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,497.18 ↑ +1129%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,497.18 ↑ +1129%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $15,142.00 ↑ +7350%
Aetna Joint Venture $34,658.00 ↑ +16952%
Aetna Designated Group $36,824.00 ↑ +18018%
Aetna Broad Network $43,322.00 ↑ +21215%

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Evaluation heart device at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $661.07 $410.60 – $1,872.88
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $587.16 $365.43 – $1,570.54
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $601.53 $410.60 – $1,539.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $496.83 $410.60 – $1,642.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $601.53 $410.60 – $1,539.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $330.53 $410.60 – $1,642.40
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $675.44 $410.60 – $1,872.88
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler $833.52 $410.60 – $1,872.88

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