Assay of breath ethanol at Banner Gateway Medical Center
1900 North Higley Road, Gilbert, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1699884858
$14.94
Cash price 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.
$90.00
Gross charge 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.
$30.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $138.51 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) | Medicare Advantage HMO | $30.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $30.24 | ↑ +102% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $31.50 | ↑ +111% |
| Carekin | Medicare Advantage | $31.50 | ↑ +111% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $31.50 | ↑ +111% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $33.00 | ↑ +121% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $33.00 | ↑ +121% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $40.50 | ↑ +171% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $40.50 | ↑ +171% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $40.80 | ↑ +173% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $42.00 | ↑ +181% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $44.40 | ↑ +197% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $45.00 | ↑ +201% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $47.43 | ↑ +217% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $48.60 | ↑ +225% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $49.50 | ↑ +231% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $55.49 | ↑ +271% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $57.91 | ↑ +288% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $61.35 | ↑ +311% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $63.00 | ↑ +322% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $64.35 | ↑ +331% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $67.50 | ↑ +352% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $67.50 | ↑ +352% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $103.10 | ↑ +590% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $107.04 | ↑ +616% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $109.98 | ↑ +636% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $110.82 | ↑ +642% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $115.47 | ↑ +673% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $137.47 | ↑ +820% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $137.47 | ↑ +820% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $137.47 | ↑ +820% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $138.51 | ↑ +827% |
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Assay of breath ethanol at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $14.40 | $30.00 – $67.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $14.58 | $30.00 – $72.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $14.04 | $30.00 – $72.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $10.17 | $30.00 – $67.50 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $13.50 | $30.00 – $67.50 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $15.57 | $30.00 – $67.50 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $14.22 | $30.00 – $67.50 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $17.10 | $30.00 – $67.50 |