Salivary gland imaging 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

$533.49

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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$1,699.00

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.

$273.41 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $1,909.17 with United Healthcare — 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -49%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $273.41 ↓ -49%
Health Net Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -49%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -49%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -20%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $428.28 ↓ -20%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -20%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -20%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $428.28 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicare $428.28 ↓ -20%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -20%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $428.28 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $428.28 ↓ -20%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $428.28 ↓ -20%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↓ -20%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↓ -16%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↓ -16%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↓ -12%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↓ -12%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $570.86 ↑ +7%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $582.46 ↑ +9%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $594.65 ↑ +11%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $599.59 ↑ +12%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $633.85 ↑ +19%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $642.42 ↑ +20%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $706.66 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $760.79 ↑ +43%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $764.55 ↑ +43%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $764.55 ↑ +43%
Aetna Joint Venture $784.94 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $811.51 ↑ +52%
Aetna Designated Group $834.21 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $852.08 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medical Rental $895.37 ↑ +68%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $917.46 ↑ +72%
Aetna Broad Network $980.32 ↑ +84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,014.38 ↑ +90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,014.38 ↑ +90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,014.38 ↑ +90%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,116.24 ↑ +109%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,167.21 ↑ +119%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,189.30 ↑ +123%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,274.25 ↑ +139%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,617.92 ↑ +203%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,763.10 ↑ +230%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,909.17 ↑ +258%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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Salivary gland imaging at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $227.67 $273.41 – $1,274.25
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $334.70 $228.86 – $1,274.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $358.49 $273.41 – $1,274.25
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $491.01 $273.41 – $1,274.25
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $416.26 $72.99 – $1,274.25

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