Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at Banner Heart Hospital
6750 E Baywood Avenue, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1215961248
$2.61
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.
$174.00
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.
$42.46 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $318.28 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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 |
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| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $42.46 | ↑ +1527% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $42.46 | ↑ +1527% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $42.46 | ↑ +1527% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $42.46 | ↑ +1527% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $42.46 | ↑ +1527% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage HMO | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $53.08 | ↑ +1934% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $55.73 | ↑ +2035% |
| Carelon | Medicare Advantage | $55.73 | ↑ +2035% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $58.39 | ↑ +2137% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $58.39 | ↑ +2137% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $60.90 | ↑ +2233% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $70.52 | ↑ +2602% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $72.19 | ↑ +2666% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $73.60 | ↑ +2720% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $73.60 | ↑ +2720% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $73.60 | ↑ +2720% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $74.31 | ↑ +2747% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $76.79 | ↑ +2842% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $78.30 | ↑ +2900% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $78.30 | ↑ +2900% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $78.36 | ↑ +2902% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $78.56 | ↑ +2910% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $79.62 | ↑ +2951% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $87.58 | ↑ +3256% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $91.70 | ↑ +3413% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $93.96 | ↑ +3500% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $119.43 | ↑ +4476% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $121.80 | ↑ +4567% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $130.50 | ↑ +4900% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $130.84 | ↑ +4913% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $238.71 | ↑ +9046% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $254.63 | ↑ +9656% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $267.36 | ↑ +10144% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $318.28 | ↑ +12095% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $318.28 | ↑ +12095% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $318.28 | ↑ +12095% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $231.94 | $43.52 – $383.99 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $231.00 | $43.52 – $361.90 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $215.04 | $43.52 – $383.99 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $147.84 | $36.86 – $153.26 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $304.97 | $43.52 – $349.35 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | $251.66 | $43.52 – $394.80 |