Homovanillic acid (hva) 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

$5.71

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.

$68.00

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.

$22.41 with Banner Health vs $94.08 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
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↑ +292%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $22.41 ↑ +292%
Humana Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↑ +292%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↑ +292%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $22.41 ↑ +292%
Health Net Medicaid $22.41 ↑ +292%
Health Net Medicare $22.41 ↑ +292%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $22.41 ↑ +292%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↑ +292%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↑ +292%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $22.41 ↑ +292%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $22.41 ↑ +292%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $22.41 ↑ +292%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $22.41 ↑ +292%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↑ +292%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↑ +292%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $22.41 ↑ +292%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $22.41 ↑ +292%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $22.41 ↑ +292%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↑ +292%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $22.41 ↑ +292%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↑ +292%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↑ +292%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $22.85 ↑ +300%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $23.53 ↑ +312%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $23.53 ↑ +312%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $23.80 ↑ +317%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $24.65 ↑ +332%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $24.65 ↑ +332%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $30.48 ↑ +434%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $30.60 ↑ +436%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $30.60 ↑ +436%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $31.37 ↑ +449%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $33.17 ↑ +481%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $33.62 ↑ +489%
Aetna Medical Rental $35.84 ↑ +528%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $36.72 ↑ +543%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $36.98 ↑ +548%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $39.34 ↑ +589%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $41.45 ↑ +626%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $43.71 ↑ +665%
United Healthcare UHC Core $45.83 ↑ +703%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $47.60 ↑ +734%
United Healthcare Commercial $50.43 ↑ +783%
Provider Network of America Commercial $51.00 ↑ +793%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $64.57 ↑ +1031%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $68.87 ↑ +1106%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $72.31 ↑ +1166%
Aetna Joint Venture $75.25 ↑ +1218%
Aetna Designated Group $79.96 ↑ +1300%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $86.09 ↑ +1408%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $86.09 ↑ +1408%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $86.09 ↑ +1408%
Aetna Broad Network $94.08 ↑ +1548%

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Homovanillic acid (hva) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $8.64 $22.41 – $51.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $10.20 $22.41 – $51.00
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $29.40 $13.44 – $109.07
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $22.06 $12.55 – $69.03
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $10.88 $22.41 – $51.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $11.02 $22.41 – $54.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $10.61 $22.41 – $54.40
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $10.27 $22.41 – $54.40

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