Amino acids quant 2-5 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

$11.12

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.

$67.00

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.

$19.61 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $90.54 with Aetna — 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
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $19.61 ↑ +76%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $19.61 ↑ +76%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19.61 ↑ +76%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $19.61 ↑ +76%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $19.61 ↑ +76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $19.61 ↑ +76%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $19.61 ↑ +76%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $19.61 ↑ +76%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $19.61 ↑ +76%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $19.61 ↑ +76%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $19.61 ↑ +76%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $19.61 ↑ +76%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $19.61 ↑ +76%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $19.61 ↑ +76%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $19.61 ↑ +76%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $19.61 ↑ +76%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $19.61 ↑ +76%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19.61 ↑ +76%
Humana Medicare Advantage $19.61 ↑ +76%
Health Net Medicare $19.61 ↑ +76%
Health Net Medicaid $19.61 ↑ +76%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $19.61 ↑ +76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $19.61 ↑ +76%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $20.59 ↑ +85%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $20.59 ↑ +85%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $21.57 ↑ +94%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $21.57 ↑ +94%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $22.51 ↑ +102%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $23.45 ↑ +111%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $26.67 ↑ +140%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $27.45 ↑ +147%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $29.02 ↑ +161%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $29.41 ↑ +164%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $30.15 ↑ +171%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $30.15 ↑ +171%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $32.36 ↑ +191%
Aetna Medical Rental $35.31 ↑ +218%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $36.18 ↑ +225%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $36.27 ↑ +226%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $37.87 ↑ +241%
United Healthcare UHC Core $40.10 ↑ +261%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $42.08 ↑ +278%
United Healthcare Commercial $44.13 ↑ +297%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $46.90 ↑ +322%
Provider Network of America Commercial $50.25 ↑ +352%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $67.40 ↑ +506%
Aetna Designated Group $69.97 ↑ +529%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $71.89 ↑ +546%
Aetna Joint Venture $72.44 ↑ +551%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $75.48 ↑ +579%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $89.86 ↑ +708%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $89.86 ↑ +708%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $89.86 ↑ +708%
Aetna Broad Network $90.54 ↑ +714%

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