Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count 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

$9.34

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.

$54.00

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.

$3.80 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $39.00 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
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $3.80 ↓ -59%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $3.80 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -59%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $3.80 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -59%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $3.80 ↓ -59%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $3.80 ↓ -59%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $3.80 ↓ -59%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -59%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $3.80 ↓ -59%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -59%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $3.80 ↓ -59%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $3.80 ↓ -59%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -59%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $3.80 ↓ -59%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $3.80 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicare $3.80 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid $3.80 ↓ -59%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -59%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $3.99 ↓ -57%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $3.99 ↓ -57%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $4.18 ↓ -55%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.18 ↓ -55%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $5.17 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $5.32 ↓ -43%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $5.62 ↓ -40%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $5.70 ↓ -39%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $6.27 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $7.03 ↓ -25%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $7.34 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare UHC Core $7.76 ↓ -17%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $8.15 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Commercial $8.55 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $13.05 ↑ +40%
Aetna Designated Group $13.56 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $13.92 ↑ +49%
Aetna Joint Venture $14.04 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $14.62 ↑ +57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $17.40 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $17.40 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $17.40 ↑ +86%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $17.47 ↑ +87%
Aetna Broad Network $17.54 ↑ +88%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $18.20 ↑ +95%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $23.40 ↑ +151%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $23.40 ↑ +151%
Aetna Medical Rental $27.40 ↑ +193%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $28.08 ↑ +201%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $36.40 ↑ +290%
Provider Network of America Commercial $39.00 ↑ +318%

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Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $32.23 $3.80 – $97.02
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $9.88 $3.80 – $40.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $7.40 $3.80 – $43.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $7.02 $3.80 – $43.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $24.30 $3.80 – $40.50
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $31.64 $3.80 – $37.80
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $9.99 $3.80 – $43.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $11.45 $3.80 – $40.50

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