Inj vasopressin (am reg) 1 u 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

$0.21

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.

$8.30

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.

$0.37 with Health Net vs $6.22 with Provider Network of America — 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
Health Net Medicaid $0.37 ↑ +76%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $0.37 ↑ +76%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $0.37 ↑ +76%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $0.37 ↑ +76%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $0.37 ↑ +76%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $0.71 ↑ +238%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $0.79 ↑ +276%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1.66 ↑ +690%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $2.11 ↑ +905%
Aetna Joint Venture $2.40 ↑ +1043%
Aetna Designated Group $2.40 ↑ +1043%
Aetna Broad Network $2.40 ↑ +1043%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $2.49 ↑ +1086%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $2.79 ↑ +1229%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $2.90 ↑ +1281%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $3.32 ↑ +1481%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3.41 ↑ +1524%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3.63 ↑ +1629%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $3.73 ↑ +1676%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $3.73 ↑ +1676%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $3.81 ↑ +1714%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $4.03 ↑ +1819%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $4.15 ↑ +1876%
Health Net Medicare $4.15 ↑ +1876%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $4.15 ↑ +1876%
United Healthcare UHC Core $4.21 ↑ +1905%
Aetna Medical Rental $4.37 ↑ +1981%
United Healthcare Commercial $4.43 ↑ +2010%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $4.48 ↑ +2033%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $4.48 ↑ +2033%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4.54 ↑ +2062%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4.54 ↑ +2062%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $4.54 ↑ +2062%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $5.81 ↑ +2667%
Provider Network of America Commercial $6.22 ↑ +2862%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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