X-ray bone age studies 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

$138.20

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.

$333.00

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.

$66.03 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $551.65 with United Healthcare — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $66.03 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $70.44 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $73.96 ↓ -46%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -43%
Health Net Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -43%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $79.00 ↓ -43%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -43%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $88.05 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $88.05 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $88.05 ↓ -36%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $111.89 ↓ -19%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -18%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $113.34 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -18%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -18%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $113.34 ↓ -18%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $113.34 ↓ -18%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $113.34 ↓ -18%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $113.34 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -18%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -18%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -18%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $113.34 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicare $113.34 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage HMO $113.34 ↓ -18%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $113.34 ↓ -18%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $116.55 ↓ -16%
Carelon Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↓ -14%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $119.01 ↓ -14%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $124.67 ↓ -10%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $124.67 ↓ -10%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $149.85 ↑ +8%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $149.85 ↑ +8%
Aetna Joint Venture $153.85 ↑ +11%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $154.14 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $158.68 ↑ +15%
Aetna Designated Group $163.50 ↑ +18%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $167.74 ↑ +21%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $170.01 ↑ +23%
Aetna Medical Rental $175.49 ↑ +27%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $179.82 ↑ +30%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $187.01 ↑ +35%
Aetna Broad Network $192.14 ↑ +39%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $218.78 ↑ +58%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $228.77 ↑ +66%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $233.10 ↑ +69%
Provider Network of America Commercial $249.75 ↑ +81%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $467.28 ↑ +238%
United Healthcare UHC Core $509.21 ↑ +268%
United Healthcare Commercial $551.65 ↑ +299%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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X-ray bone age studies at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $95.90 $78.75 – $249.75
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $93.24 $78.75 – $249.75
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $140.22 $27.18 – $438.90
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $93.91 $30.64 – $249.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $57.90 $35.94 – $187.01
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $59.44 $35.94 – $187.01
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $71.60 $35.94 – $249.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $77.59 $30.64 – $266.40

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