MRI tmj 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

$439.49

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.

$2,483.00

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.

$166.84 with Health Net vs $1,496.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. — 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 $166.84 ↓ -62%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -62%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -62%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $166.84 ↓ -62%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -41%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $257.63 ↓ -41%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -41%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -41%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $257.63 ↓ -41%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -41%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $257.63 ↓ -41%
Health Net Medicare $257.63 ↓ -41%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $257.63 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -41%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $257.63 ↓ -41%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $270.51 ↓ -38%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $270.51 ↓ -38%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $283.39 ↓ -36%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $283.39 ↓ -36%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $350.38 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $360.68 ↓ -18%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $381.29 ↓ -13%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $386.44 ↓ -12%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $425.09 ↓ -3%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $556.08 ↑ +27%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $579.25 ↑ +32%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $744.75 ↑ +69%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $744.75 ↑ +69%
Aetna Joint Venture $764.61 ↑ +74%
Aetna Designated Group $812.61 ↑ +85%
Aetna Medical Rental $872.18 ↑ +98%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $893.70 ↑ +103%
Aetna Broad Network $954.93 ↑ +117%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $987.59 ↑ +125%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,076.21 ↑ +145%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,081.54 ↑ +146%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,153.64 ↑ +162%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,158.50 ↑ +164%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,165.03 ↑ +165%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,211.32 ↑ +176%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,241.25 ↑ +182%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,346.00 ↑ +206%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,442.06 ↑ +228%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,442.06 ↑ +228%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,442.06 ↑ +228%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,496.00 ↑ +240%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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MRI tmj at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $600.89 $166.84 – $1,241.25
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $635.65 $166.84 – $1,241.25
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $438.68 $257.63 – $1,451.00
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $415.99 $236.74 – $1,389.00
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Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $492.10 $166.84 – $1,418.40
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