Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl 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

$11.94

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.

$94.00

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.

$10.50 with Mercy Care vs $48.11 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 $10.50 ↓ -12%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -12%
Humana Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -12%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -12%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $10.50 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $10.50 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicaid $10.50 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicare $10.50 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -12%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -12%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $10.50 ↓ -12%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -12%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -12%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $10.50 ↓ -12%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -12%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $10.50 ↓ -12%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $10.50 ↓ -12%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $10.50 ↓ -12%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $10.50 ↓ -12%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $10.75 ↓ -10%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $11.03 ↓ -8%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $11.03 ↓ -8%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $11.20 ↓ -6%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $11.55 ↓ -3%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.55 ↓ -3%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $14.28 ↑ +20%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $14.40 ↑ +21%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $14.40 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $14.70 ↑ +23%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $15.54 ↑ +30%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $15.75 ↑ +32%
Aetna Medical Rental $16.86 ↑ +41%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $17.28 ↑ +45%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $17.32 ↑ +45%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $18.44 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $19.42 ↑ +63%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $20.49 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare UHC Core $21.48 ↑ +80%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $22.40 ↑ +88%
United Healthcare Commercial $23.62 ↑ +98%
Provider Network of America Commercial $24.00 ↑ +101%
Aetna Joint Venture $35.26 ↑ +195%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $36.09 ↑ +202%
Aetna Designated Group $37.46 ↑ +214%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $38.49 ↑ +222%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $40.42 ↑ +239%
Aetna Broad Network $44.08 ↑ +269%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $48.11 ↑ +303%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $48.11 ↑ +303%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $48.11 ↑ +303%

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Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl at other Arizona hospitals

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Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $14.10 $10.50 – $24.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $7.90 $10.50 – $24.00
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