Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block 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

$11.56

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.

$108.00

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.

$12.26 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $223.59 with Aetna — 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 $12.26 ↑ +6%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $12.26 ↑ +6%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $12.26 ↑ +6%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $12.26 ↑ +6%
Health Net Medicaid $12.26 ↑ +6%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $21.60 ↑ +87%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $27.43 ↑ +137%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $32.40 ↑ +180%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $36.29 ↑ +214%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $37.80 ↑ +227%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $42.58 ↑ +268%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $43.20 ↑ +274%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $44.54 ↑ +285%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $47.27 ↑ +309%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $47.31 ↑ +309%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $48.60 ↑ +320%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $48.60 ↑ +320%
United Healthcare UHC Core $50.25 ↑ +335%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $50.43 ↑ +336%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $52.95 ↑ +358%
Health Net Medicare $54.00 ↑ +367%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $54.00 ↑ +367%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $54.00 ↑ +367%
United Healthcare Commercial $54.18 ↑ +369%
Aetna Medical Rental $56.92 ↑ +392%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $58.32 ↑ +404%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $58.32 ↑ +404%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $63.03 ↑ +445%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $63.03 ↑ +445%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $63.03 ↑ +445%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $75.60 ↑ +554%
Provider Network of America Commercial $81.00 ↑ +601%
Aetna Joint Venture $178.85 ↑ +1447%
Aetna Designated Group $190.03 ↑ +1544%
Aetna Broad Network $223.59 ↑ +1834%

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $23.76 $12.26 – $81.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $28.30 $12.26 – $81.00
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $57.06 $14.73 – $188.73
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $70.11 $29.47 – $219.45
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $30.02 $12.26 – $81.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $21.46 $12.26 – $64.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $22.76 $12.26 – $64.80
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $23.65 $12.26 – $86.40

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