CostGrade
C

46/100

#1,375 nationally

Banner Baywood Medical Center

6644 East Baywood Avenue, Mesa, AZ 85206 · (480) 321-2000

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Banner Baywood Medical Center billed $5.12 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.

Charge-to-payment
5.1x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
82
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in AZ
#15
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
2/5
shown for context, not in the grade

How this grade was reached

Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.

Inpatient charge markup 12.2/35

Better than 35% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 12.4/25

Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 14.2/30

Better than 47% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 7.2/10

Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.

What this hospital treats most

The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.

Procedure Patients Charged Actually paid vs national
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

661 $16,237 $2,666 -16%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

521 $65,966 $14,458 about average
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

228 $66,099 $12,717 +6%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

200 $11,776 $1,568 +17%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

162 $37,877 $5,547 +8%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

144 $35,270 $5,046 +28%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

130 $25,899 $3,379 +25%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

121 $45,269 $10,136 about average
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

119 $51,126 $9,650 +18%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

98 $54,133 $12,162 about average

Where its charges run furthest above the national middle

Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$60,055 $6,976 +51%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$34,638 $3,279 +49%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit

$24,639 $2,828 +36%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay

$103,628 $16,223 +32%
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit

$50,862 $6,359 +29%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$35,270 $5,046 +28%
Respiratory Infection (with complications)

MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay

$47,615 $7,285 +28%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$25,899 $3,379 +25%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications

MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay

$53,589 $14,193 -33%
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay

$104,570 $27,232 -32%
Sepsis

MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay

$183,785 $48,875 -32%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay

$47,518 $11,777 -29%
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Major Complications

MS-DRG 521 · Inpatient stay

$83,650 $19,897 -26%
Amputation of Lower Limb for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders with

MS-DRG 617 · Inpatient stay

$55,941 $16,341 -24%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

$137,605 $33,952 -23%
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,945 $1,615 -22%

What this page cannot tell you

  • It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
  • It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
  • A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
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