Carotid intima atheroma eval at Banner Heart Hospital

6750 E Baywood Avenue, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1215961248

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$34.43

Cash price

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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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$130.00

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.

$26.00 with Aetna vs $667.00 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 $26.00 ↓ -24%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $33.02 ↓ -4%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $39.00 ↑ +13%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $43.68 ↑ +27%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $45.50 ↑ +32%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $49.44 ↑ +44%
Health Net Medicaid $49.44 ↑ +44%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $49.44 ↑ +44%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $49.44 ↑ +44%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $49.44 ↑ +44%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $52.00 ↑ +51%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $58.50 ↑ +70%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $58.50 ↑ +70%
Aetna Joint Venture $60.06 ↑ +74%
Aetna Designated Group $63.83 ↑ +85%
Health Net Medicare $65.00 ↑ +89%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $65.00 ↑ +89%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $65.00 ↑ +89%
Aetna Medical Rental $68.51 ↑ +99%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $70.20 ↑ +104%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $70.20 ↑ +104%
Aetna Broad Network $75.01 ↑ +118%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $85.41 ↑ +148%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $87.77 ↑ +155%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $89.31 ↑ +159%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $91.00 ↑ +164%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $93.62 ↑ +172%
Provider Network of America Commercial $97.50 ↑ +183%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $98.30 ↑ +186%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $117.02 ↑ +240%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $117.02 ↑ +240%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $117.02 ↑ +240%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $606.00 ↑ +1660%
United Healthcare UHC Core $634.00 ↑ +1741%
United Healthcare Commercial $667.00 ↑ +1837%

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Carotid intima atheroma eval at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $32.77 $26.00 – $606.00
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $116.09 $26.00 – $606.00

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