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Urine Culture Test at Banner Baywood Medical Center
6644 East Baywood Avenue, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1194758284
$59.54
Cash price 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.
$267.00
Gross charge 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.
$8.07 with UPMC Health Plan vs $200.25 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $8.47 | ↓ -86% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $8.47 | ↓ -86% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8.88 | ↓ -85% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $8.88 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $10.98 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $11.30 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $11.94 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $12.11 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $13.32 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $14.18 | ↓ -76% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $14.93 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $15.75 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $16.50 | ↓ -72% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $18.16 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $27.10 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $27.76 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $28.79 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $29.61 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $31.09 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $33.88 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $37.02 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $37.02 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $37.02 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $89.71 | ↑ +51% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $93.45 | ↑ +57% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $120.15 | ↑ +102% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $120.15 | ↑ +102% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $140.71 | ↑ +136% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $144.18 | ↑ +142% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $186.90 | ↑ +214% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $200.25 | ↑ +236% |
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Urine Culture Test at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $65.15 | $8.07 – $200.25 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $43.79 | $8.07 – $200.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $59.01 | $8.07 – $200.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $20.36 | $8.07 – $69.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $14.53 | $8.07 – $69.60 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $156.43 | $8.07 – $186.90 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $48.59 | $8.07 – $213.60 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $55.27 | $8.07 – $200.25 |