MRA aorta thoracic w/wo contrast at Banner Heart Hospital
6750 E Baywood Avenue, Mesa, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1215961248
$712.66
Cash price 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.
$2,691.00
Gross charge 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.
$319.33 with Banner University Health Plan vs $1,549.01 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $319.33 | ↓ -55% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $319.33 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $319.33 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $319.33 | ↓ -55% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $319.33 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $358.80 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $455.68 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $538.20 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $602.78 | ↓ -15% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $627.90 | ↓ -12% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $717.60 | ↑ +1% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $807.30 | ↑ +13% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $807.30 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $828.83 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $880.85 | ↑ +24% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $897.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $897.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $897.00 | ↑ +26% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $945.44 | ↑ +33% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $968.76 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $968.76 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $1,035.14 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $1,161.76 | ↑ +63% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $1,164.93 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $1,239.21 | ↑ +74% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $1,255.80 | ↑ +76% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $1,269.47 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $1,301.17 | ↑ +83% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $1,345.50 | ↑ +89% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $1,346.00 | ↑ +89% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $1,496.00 | ↑ +110% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,497.94 | ↑ +110% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $1,549.01 | ↑ +117% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $1,549.01 | ↑ +117% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $1,549.01 | ↑ +117% |
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MRA aorta thoracic w/wo contrast at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $236.81 | $358.80 – $1,385.41 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $562.42 | $358.80 – $1,385.41 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $523.74 | $298.06 – $2,129.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $519.36 | $358.80 – $1,346.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $522.67 | $425.00 – $1,700.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $503.55 | $425.00 – $1,700.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $325.61 | $358.80 – $1,435.20 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $661.53 | $358.80 – $1,345.50 |