MRI of the ankle without contrast Cost in Mesa, AZ

Prices at 3 hospitals in Mesa, AZ, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $505 — 73% below the US median ($1,882), roughly 2.3× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Banner Baywood Medical Center	Mesa, AZ	$369	$1,010	★ 2/5	266 min	13.9%
Banner Desert Medical Center	Mesa, AZ	$505	$980	★ 2/5	269 min	15.1%
Banner Heart Hospital	Mesa, AZ	$534	$991	★ 2/5	—	14.4%

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated July 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)

$2,087

Cash / self-pay

$505

Insurer-negotiated

$991

Medicare pays

$222

$397$528

Median cash $505 · Medicare $222 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $505 — about 2.3× the Medicare rate ($222). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($445).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $2,087 list price could save about $1,582 (76%).

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Doctors who perform this in Mesa

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Lewis Freed, DPM	Podiatry	Mesa, AZ	80
Mari Schenk, M.D.	Diagnostic Radiology	Mesa, AZ	72
Todd Haddon, DPM	Podiatry	Mesa, AZ	24
Douglas Griffin, DPM	Podiatry	Mesa, AZ	21

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