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Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) 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

$229.76

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.

$718.00

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.

$79.00 with Mercy Care vs $538.50 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
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -66%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $79.00 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -66%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -66%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -51%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $113.34 ↓ -51%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $113.34 ↓ -51%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $113.34 ↓ -51%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -51%
Humana Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -51%
Health Net Medicare $113.34 ↓ -51%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $113.34 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -51%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $113.34 ↓ -51%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -51%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -51%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -51%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↓ -48%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↓ -48%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $124.67 ↓ -46%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $124.67 ↓ -46%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $154.14 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $158.68 ↓ -31%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $167.74 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $170.01 ↓ -26%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $187.01 ↓ -19%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $241.25 ↑ +5%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $251.30 ↑ +9%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $323.10 ↑ +41%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $323.10 ↑ +41%
Aetna Joint Venture $331.72 ↑ +44%
Aetna Designated Group $352.54 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $357.12 ↑ +55%
Aetna Medical Rental $378.39 ↑ +65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $380.93 ↑ +66%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $387.72 ↑ +69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $399.98 ↑ +74%
Aetna Broad Network $414.29 ↑ +80%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $471.73 ↑ +105%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $476.17 ↑ +107%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $476.17 ↑ +107%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $476.17 ↑ +107%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $493.27 ↑ +115%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $502.60 ↑ +119%
Provider Network of America Commercial $538.50 ↑ +134%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $311.61 $79.00 – $538.50
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $100.52 $79.00 – $538.50
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $250.58 $79.00 – $538.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $274.72 $79.00 – $660.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $231.83 $79.00 – $660.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $106.26 $79.00 – $574.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $196.01 $79.00 – $538.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $247.71 $79.00 – $574.40

All Arizona hospitals for this procedure →