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Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at Banner Gateway Medical Center

1900 North Higley Road, Gilbert, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1699884858

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 1, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$534.88

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.

$3,165.00

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.

$266.89 with Mercy Care vs $2,373.75 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 $266.89 ↓ -50%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $266.89 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid $266.89 ↓ -50%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $266.89 ↓ -50%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $266.89 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -29%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $380.64 ↓ -29%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $380.64 ↓ -29%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $380.64 ↓ -29%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $380.64 ↓ -29%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $380.64 ↓ -29%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $380.64 ↓ -29%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -29%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicare $380.64 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -29%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $380.64 ↓ -29%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -29%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -29%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -29%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $399.67 ↓ -25%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $399.67 ↓ -25%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $418.70 ↓ -22%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $418.70 ↓ -22%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $517.67 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $532.90 ↓ -0%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $563.35 ↑ +5%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $570.96 ↑ +7%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $628.06 ↑ +17%
Aetna Joint Venture $871.00 ↑ +63%
Aetna Designated Group $926.00 ↑ +73%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,063.44 ↑ +99%
Aetna Broad Network $1,089.00 ↑ +104%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,107.75 ↑ +107%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,307.33 ↑ +144%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,394.48 ↑ +161%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,424.25 ↑ +166%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,424.25 ↑ +166%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,464.20 ↑ +174%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,481.00 ↑ +177%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,580.51 ↑ +195%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,646.00 ↑ +208%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,667.95 ↑ +212%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,709.10 ↑ +220%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,722.34 ↑ +222%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,743.10 ↑ +226%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,743.10 ↑ +226%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,743.10 ↑ +226%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,863.61 ↑ +248%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,215.50 ↑ +314%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,373.75 ↑ +344%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $607.68 $266.89 – $2,373.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $712.06 $266.89 – $3,079.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $608.14 $266.89 – $3,079.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $560.20 $266.89 – $2,373.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $465.26 $266.89 – $2,532.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $626.67 $266.89 – $2,373.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $468.42 $266.89 – $2,532.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $598.19 $266.89 – $2,373.75

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