Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides 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

$68.36

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.

$324.00

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.

$36.08 with Health Net vs $515.30 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
Health Net Medicaid $36.08 ↓ -47%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $36.08 ↓ -47%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $36.08 ↓ -47%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $36.08 ↓ -47%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $36.08 ↓ -47%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $38.30 ↓ -44%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $39.90 ↓ -42%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $51.30 ↓ -25%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $51.30 ↓ -25%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $56.19 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -17%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -17%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $56.95 ↓ -17%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $56.95 ↓ -17%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $56.95 ↓ -17%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -17%
Humana Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -17%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicare $56.95 ↓ -17%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $56.95 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -17%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $56.95 ↓ -17%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $56.95 ↓ -17%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $56.95 ↓ -17%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $56.95 ↓ -17%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $59.80 ↓ -13%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $59.80 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medical Rental $60.08 ↓ -12%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $61.56 ↓ -10%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $62.44 ↓ -9%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $62.65 ↓ -8%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $62.65 ↓ -8%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $77.45 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $79.73 ↑ +17%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $79.80 ↑ +17%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $84.29 ↑ +23%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $85.42 ↑ +25%
Provider Network of America Commercial $85.50 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $92.03 ↑ +35%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $93.97 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare UHC Core $103.78 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare Commercial $111.96 ↑ +64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $261.68 ↑ +283%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $279.13 ↑ +308%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $293.08 ↑ +329%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $348.91 ↑ +410%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $348.91 ↑ +410%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $348.91 ↑ +410%
Aetna Designated Group $398.22 ↑ +483%
Aetna Joint Venture $412.29 ↑ +503%
Aetna Broad Network $515.30 ↑ +654%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $90.07 $36.08 – $93.97
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $30.21 $36.08 – $93.97
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