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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) 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

$490.62

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.

$1,924.00

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.

$166.84 with Mercy Care vs $1,584.26 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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 $166.84 ↓ -66%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $166.84 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -66%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -66%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $166.84 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -47%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $257.63 ↓ -47%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $257.63 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $257.63 ↓ -47%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $257.63 ↓ -47%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $257.63 ↓ -47%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $257.63 ↓ -47%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -47%
Health Net Medicare $257.63 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -47%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $257.63 ↓ -47%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -47%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -47%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -47%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $257.63 ↓ -47%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $270.51 ↓ -45%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $270.51 ↓ -45%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $283.39 ↓ -42%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $283.39 ↓ -42%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $350.38 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $360.68 ↓ -26%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $381.29 ↓ -22%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $386.44 ↓ -21%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $425.09 ↓ -13%
Aetna Joint Venture $515.38 ↑ +5%
Aetna Designated Group $547.59 ↑ +12%
Aetna Broad Network $644.23 ↑ +31%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $646.46 ↑ +32%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $673.40 ↑ +37%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $865.80 ↑ +76%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $865.80 ↑ +76%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $933.14 ↑ +90%
United Healthcare UHC Core $975.47 ↑ +99%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,013.95 ↑ +107%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,027.42 ↑ +109%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,038.96 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,188.19 ↑ +142%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,264.07 ↑ +158%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,267.41 ↑ +158%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,321.79 ↑ +169%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,330.77 ↑ +171%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,346.80 ↑ +175%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,443.00 ↑ +194%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,584.26 ↑ +223%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,584.26 ↑ +223%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,584.26 ↑ +223%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $511.78 $166.84 – $1,443.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $278.89 $166.84 – $701.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $256.08 $166.84 – $701.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $344.40 $166.84 – $1,443.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $352.09 $166.84 – $1,539.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $394.42 $166.84 – $1,443.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $413.66 $166.84 – $1,539.20
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $471.38 $166.84 – $1,443.00

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