Biospy of bladder 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

$2,176.02

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.

$7,088.00

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.

$192.95 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $5,506.00 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $192.95 ↓ -91%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $192.95 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid $192.95 ↓ -91%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $192.95 ↓ -91%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $192.95 ↓ -91%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $259.22 ↓ -88%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $259.22 ↓ -88%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -88%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -88%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $259.22 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicare $259.22 ↓ -88%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $259.22 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $259.22 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -88%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $259.22 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $259.22 ↓ -88%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $259.22 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $272.18 ↓ -87%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $272.18 ↓ -87%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $285.14 ↓ -87%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $285.14 ↓ -87%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $352.54 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $362.91 ↓ -83%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $383.65 ↓ -82%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $388.83 ↓ -82%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $427.71 ↓ -80%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↓ -46%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,922.20 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,114.00 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,210.00 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,326.00 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $2,440.42 ↑ +12%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $2,471.40 ↑ +14%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $2,471.40 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $2,603.12 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,733.25 ↑ +26%
Aetna Medical Rental $2,894.28 ↑ +33%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $2,965.68 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $3,253.90 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $3,253.90 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $3,253.90 ↑ +50%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $3,844.40 ↑ +77%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4,018.00 ↑ +85%
Provider Network of America Commercial $4,119.00 ↑ +89%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +102%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $4,464.00 ↑ +105%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +115%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +153%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Biospy of bladder at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $197.77 – $259.22
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,966.14 $192.95 – $1,055.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $713.66 $192.95 – $1,572.80
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $460.38 $192.95 – $1,274.40
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $1,751.95 $192.95 – $4,393.60
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $657.02 $192.95 – $462.00
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $1,151.30 $72.99 – $2,803.50
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $269.31 $133.95 – $556.95

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