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Kidney (Retroperitoneal) Ultrasound (complete) 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

$95.06

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.

$679.00

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.

$79.00 with Mercy Care vs $509.25 with Provider Network of America — 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
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -17%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $79.00 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -17%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +19%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $113.34 ↑ +19%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $113.34 ↑ +19%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $113.34 ↑ +19%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $113.34 ↑ +19%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $113.34 ↑ +19%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +19%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +19%
Humana Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +19%
Health Net Medicare $113.34 ↑ +19%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $113.34 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +19%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $113.34 ↑ +19%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +19%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +19%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +19%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↑ +19%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↑ +25%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↑ +25%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $124.67 ↑ +31%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $124.67 ↑ +31%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $154.14 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $158.68 ↑ +67%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $167.74 ↑ +76%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $170.01 ↑ +79%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $187.01 ↑ +97%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $228.14 ↑ +140%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $237.65 ↑ +150%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $247.95 ↑ +161%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $264.48 ↑ +178%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $277.71 ↑ +192%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $305.55 ↑ +221%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $305.55 ↑ +221%
Aetna Joint Venture $313.70 ↑ +230%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $330.61 ↑ +248%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $330.61 ↑ +248%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $330.61 ↑ +248%
Aetna Designated Group $333.39 ↑ +251%
Aetna Medical Rental $357.83 ↑ +276%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $366.66 ↑ +286%
Aetna Broad Network $391.78 ↑ +312%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $446.10 ↑ +369%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $466.47 ↑ +391%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $475.30 ↑ +400%
Provider Network of America Commercial $509.25 ↑ +436%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Kidney (Retroperitoneal) Ultrasound (complete) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $217.28 $79.00 – $509.25
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $294.69 $79.00 – $509.25
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $236.97 $79.00 – $509.25
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $182.37 $79.00 – $519.20
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $216.12 $79.00 – $519.20
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $100.49 $79.00 – $543.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $185.37 $79.00 – $509.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $234.26 $79.00 – $543.20

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