Culture fungi other (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

$12.71

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.

$78.00

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.

$8.41 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $45.00 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 $8.41 ↓ -34%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -34%
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -34%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -34%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $8.41 ↓ -34%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $8.41 ↓ -34%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $8.41 ↓ -34%
Health Net Medicaid $8.41 ↓ -34%
Health Net Medicare $8.41 ↓ -34%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $8.41 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -34%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -34%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -34%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $8.41 ↓ -34%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $8.41 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -34%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↓ -34%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $8.41 ↓ -34%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $8.41 ↓ -34%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $8.41 ↓ -34%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $8.41 ↓ -34%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $8.83 ↓ -31%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $8.83 ↓ -31%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $9.25 ↓ -27%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.25 ↓ -27%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $11.44 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $11.77 ↓ -7%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $12.45 ↓ -2%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $12.62 ↓ -1%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $13.88 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $15.56 ↑ +22%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $16.25 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare UHC Core $17.20 ↑ +35%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $18.05 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Commercial $18.93 ↑ +49%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $20.16 ↑ +59%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $21.00 ↑ +65%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $27.00 ↑ +112%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $27.00 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $28.90 ↑ +127%
Aetna Designated Group $30.01 ↑ +136%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $30.82 ↑ +142%
Aetna Joint Venture $31.07 ↑ +144%
Aetna Medical Rental $31.62 ↑ +149%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $32.36 ↑ +155%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $32.40 ↑ +155%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $38.53 ↑ +203%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $38.53 ↑ +203%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $38.53 ↑ +203%
Aetna Broad Network $38.83 ↑ +206%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $42.00 ↑ +230%
Provider Network of America Commercial $45.00 ↑ +254%

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Culture fungi other (except blood) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $154.74 $4.71 – $25.91
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $17.24 $8.41 – $45.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $18.25 $8.41 – $48.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $13.03 $8.41 – $48.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $17.39 $8.41 – $45.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $16.02 $8.41 – $48.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $16.15 $8.41 – $45.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $15.68 $8.41 – $48.00

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