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Hand X-ray 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

$103.68

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.

$360.00

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.

$58.65 with Mercy Care vs $409.57 with United Healthcare — 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 Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -43%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $58.65 ↓ -43%
Health Net Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -43%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -43%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $72.00 ↓ -31%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $91.44 ↓ -12%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $108.00 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $116.35 ↑ +12%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $120.96 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $124.10 ↑ +20%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $126.00 ↑ +22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $130.31 ↑ +26%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $144.00 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $155.13 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $155.13 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $155.13 ↑ +50%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $162.00 ↑ +56%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $162.00 ↑ +56%
Aetna Joint Venture $166.32 ↑ +60%
Aetna Designated Group $176.76 ↑ +70%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $180.00 ↑ +74%
Health Net Medicare $180.00 ↑ +74%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $180.00 ↑ +74%
Aetna Medical Rental $189.72 ↑ +83%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $194.40 ↑ +88%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $194.40 ↑ +88%
Aetna Broad Network $207.72 ↑ +100%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $236.52 ↑ +128%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $247.32 ↑ +139%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $252.00 ↑ +143%
Provider Network of America Commercial $270.00 ↑ +160%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $347.17 ↑ +235%
United Healthcare UHC Core $378.33 ↑ +265%
United Healthcare Commercial $409.57 ↑ +295%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Hand X-ray at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $100.80 $58.65 – $347.17
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $149.40 $58.65 – $347.17
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $101.52 $45.26 – $347.17
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $126.59 $58.65 – $409.57
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $123.30 $58.65 – $409.57
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $210.92 $36.07 – $252.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $77.40 $58.65 – $333.39
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $87.84 $58.65 – $347.17

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