Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere 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

$52.32

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.

$489.00

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.

$24.53 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $441.34 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.

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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 $24.53 ↓ -53%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $24.53 ↓ -53%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $24.53 ↓ -53%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $24.53 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid $24.53 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $41.83 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -20%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicare $41.83 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $41.83 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -20%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $41.83 ↓ -20%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $41.83 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -20%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -20%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -20%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $41.83 ↓ -20%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $41.83 ↓ -20%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -20%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $41.83 ↓ -20%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $41.83 ↓ -20%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $43.92 ↓ -16%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $43.92 ↓ -16%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $46.01 ↓ -12%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $46.01 ↓ -12%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $56.89 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $58.56 ↑ +12%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $61.91 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $62.59 ↑ +20%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $62.74 ↑ +20%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $69.02 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare UHC Core $70.70 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare Commercial $76.14 ↑ +46%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $139.08 ↑ +166%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $154.53 ↑ +195%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $164.30 ↑ +214%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $171.15 ↑ +227%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $220.05 ↑ +321%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $220.05 ↑ +321%
Aetna Medical Rental $257.70 ↑ +393%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $264.06 ↑ +405%
Aetna Joint Venture $276.83 ↑ +429%
Aetna Designated Group $294.15 ↑ +462%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $331.00 ↑ +533%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $342.30 ↑ +554%
Aetna Broad Network $346.08 ↑ +561%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $353.07 ↑ +575%
Provider Network of America Commercial $366.75 ↑ +601%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $370.72 ↑ +609%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $441.34 ↑ +744%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $441.34 ↑ +744%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $441.34 ↑ +744%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $107.58 $24.53 – $366.75
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $128.12 $24.53 – $366.75
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $103.50 $22.92 – $401.22
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $135.94 $24.53 – $366.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $22.26 $24.53 – $69.02
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $23.60 $24.53 – $69.02
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $107.09 $24.53 – $391.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $111.98 $24.53 – $366.75

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