Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left 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

$19.97

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.

$52.00

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.

$10.40 with Aetna vs $128.95 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $10.40 ↓ -48%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $10.76 ↓ -46%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $10.76 ↓ -46%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $10.76 ↓ -46%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $10.76 ↓ -46%
Health Net Medicaid $10.76 ↓ -46%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $13.21 ↓ -34%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $15.60 ↓ -22%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $17.47 ↓ -13%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $18.20 ↓ -9%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $20.80 ↑ +4%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $23.40 ↑ +17%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $23.40 ↑ +17%
Aetna Joint Venture $24.02 ↑ +20%
Aetna Designated Group $25.53 ↑ +28%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $26.00 ↑ +30%
Health Net Medicare $26.00 ↑ +30%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $26.00 ↑ +30%
Aetna Medical Rental $27.40 ↑ +37%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $28.08 ↑ +41%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $28.08 ↑ +41%
Aetna Broad Network $30.00 ↑ +50%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $34.16 ↑ +71%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $35.72 ↑ +79%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $36.40 ↑ +82%
Provider Network of America Commercial $39.00 ↑ +95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $78.75 ↑ +294%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $84.00 ↑ +321%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $88.20 ↑ +342%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $101.78 ↑ +410%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $104.99 ↑ +426%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $104.99 ↑ +426%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $104.99 ↑ +426%
United Healthcare UHC Core $110.92 ↑ +455%
United Healthcare Commercial $128.95 ↑ +546%

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Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $23.82 $10.40 – $101.78
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $16.85 $10.40 – $101.78
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $21.68 $10.40 – $101.78
Banner Payson Medical Center Payson $34.89 $13.33 – $50.40
Banner Page Hospital Page $44.35 $13.33 – $53.20

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