Chrom analysis 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

$31.25

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.

$168.00

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.

$34.81 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $180.73 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
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $34.81 ↑ +11%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $34.81 ↑ +11%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $34.81 ↑ +11%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $34.81 ↑ +11%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $34.81 ↑ +11%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $34.81 ↑ +11%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $34.81 ↑ +11%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $34.81 ↑ +11%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $34.81 ↑ +11%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $34.81 ↑ +11%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $34.81 ↑ +11%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $34.81 ↑ +11%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $34.81 ↑ +11%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $34.81 ↑ +11%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $34.81 ↑ +11%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $34.81 ↑ +11%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $34.81 ↑ +11%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $34.81 ↑ +11%
Humana Medicare Advantage $34.81 ↑ +11%
Health Net Medicare $34.81 ↑ +11%
Health Net Medicaid $34.81 ↑ +11%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $34.81 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $34.81 ↑ +11%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $36.55 ↑ +17%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $36.55 ↑ +17%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $38.29 ↑ +23%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $38.29 ↑ +23%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $47.34 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $48.73 ↑ +56%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $51.52 ↑ +65%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $52.22 ↑ +67%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $56.45 ↑ +81%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $57.44 ↑ +84%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $58.80 ↑ +88%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $64.38 ↑ +106%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $67.21 ↑ +115%
United Healthcare UHC Core $71.19 ↑ +128%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $74.68 ↑ +139%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $75.60 ↑ +142%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $75.60 ↑ +142%
United Healthcare Commercial $78.33 ↑ +151%
Aetna Medical Rental $88.54 ↑ +183%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $90.72 ↑ +190%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $117.60 ↑ +276%
Aetna Designated Group $124.20 ↑ +297%
Provider Network of America Commercial $126.00 ↑ +303%
Aetna Joint Venture $128.59 ↑ +311%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $135.55 ↑ +334%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $144.58 ↑ +363%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $151.81 ↑ +386%
Aetna Broad Network $160.72 ↑ +414%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $180.73 ↑ +478%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $180.73 ↑ +478%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $180.73 ↑ +478%

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Chrom analysis at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $34.26 $19.46 – $107.03
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $41.50 $34.81 – $126.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $35.03 $34.81 – $114.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $33.75 $34.81 – $114.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $35.78 $34.81 – $126.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $36.29 $34.81 – $134.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $30.24 $34.81 – $126.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $34.61 $34.81 – $134.40

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