Culture anaerobic except blood 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

$60.47

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.

$371.00

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.

$9.47 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $278.25 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 $9.47 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $9.47 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -84%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $9.47 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -84%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $9.47 ↓ -84%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $9.47 ↓ -84%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $9.47 ↓ -84%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -84%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $9.47 ↓ -84%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -84%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $9.47 ↓ -84%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $9.47 ↓ -84%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -84%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $9.47 ↓ -84%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $9.47 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicare $9.47 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid $9.47 ↓ -84%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $9.47 ↓ -84%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $9.94 ↓ -84%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $9.94 ↓ -84%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $10.42 ↓ -83%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.42 ↓ -83%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $12.88 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $13.26 ↓ -78%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $14.02 ↓ -77%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $14.21 ↓ -77%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $15.63 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $17.52 ↓ -71%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $18.30 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare UHC Core $19.36 ↓ -68%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $20.33 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Commercial $21.32 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $32.54 ↓ -46%
Aetna Designated Group $33.79 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $34.71 ↓ -43%
Aetna Joint Venture $34.98 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $36.44 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $43.39 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $43.39 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $43.39 ↓ -28%
Aetna Broad Network $43.72 ↓ -28%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $124.66 ↑ +106%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $129.85 ↑ +115%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $166.95 ↑ +176%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $166.95 ↑ +176%
Aetna Medical Rental $195.52 ↑ +223%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $200.34 ↑ +231%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $259.70 ↑ +329%
Provider Network of America Commercial $278.25 ↑ +360%

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Culture anaerobic except blood at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $191.88 $5.32 – $29.26
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $81.99 $9.47 – $278.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $31.59 $9.47 – $108.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $22.55 $9.47 – $108.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $82.73 $9.47 – $278.25
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $217.36 $9.47 – $259.70
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $67.52 $9.47 – $296.80
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $76.80 $9.47 – $278.25

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