Homocysteine 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

$7.37

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.

$58.00

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.

$17.92 with Aetna vs $82.10 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.92 ↑ +143%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $17.92 ↑ +143%
Humana Medicare Advantage $17.92 ↑ +143%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $17.92 ↑ +143%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $17.92 ↑ +143%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $17.92 ↑ +143%
Health Net Medicaid $17.92 ↑ +143%
Health Net Medicare $17.92 ↑ +143%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $17.92 ↑ +143%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.92 ↑ +143%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $17.92 ↑ +143%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $17.92 ↑ +143%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $17.92 ↑ +143%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $17.92 ↑ +143%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.92 ↑ +143%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $17.92 ↑ +143%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $17.92 ↑ +143%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $17.92 ↑ +143%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $17.92 ↑ +143%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $17.92 ↑ +143%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $17.92 ↑ +143%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $18.82 ↑ +155%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $18.82 ↑ +155%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $19.49 ↑ +164%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $19.71 ↑ +167%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19.71 ↑ +167%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $20.30 ↑ +175%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $24.37 ↑ +231%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $25.09 ↑ +240%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $26.10 ↑ +254%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $26.10 ↑ +254%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $26.52 ↑ +260%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $26.88 ↑ +265%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $29.57 ↑ +301%
Aetna Medical Rental $30.57 ↑ +315%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $31.32 ↑ +325%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $31.45 ↑ +327%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $33.14 ↑ +350%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $34.95 ↑ +374%
United Healthcare UHC Core $36.65 ↑ +397%
United Healthcare Commercial $40.32 ↑ +447%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $40.60 ↑ +451%
Provider Network of America Commercial $43.50 ↑ +490%
Aetna Joint Venture $60.18 ↑ +717%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $61.58 ↑ +736%
Aetna Designated Group $63.94 ↑ +768%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $65.68 ↑ +791%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $68.97 ↑ +836%
Aetna Broad Network $75.23 ↑ +921%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $82.10 ↑ +1014%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $82.10 ↑ +1014%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $82.10 ↑ +1014%

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Homocysteine at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $8.70 $17.92 – $43.50
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $82.50 $10.75 – $147.06
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $68.39 $10.04 – $55.20
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $9.28 $17.92 – $43.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $9.40 $17.92 – $46.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $9.05 $17.92 – $46.40
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $33.98 $17.92 – $40.60
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $8.76 $17.92 – $46.40

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