Electron microscopy diagnostic 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

$361.23

Cash price

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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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$1,712.00

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.

$475.71 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $2,044.59 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $475.71 ↑ +32%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $475.71 ↑ +32%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $475.71 ↑ +32%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $475.71 ↑ +32%
Health Net Medicaid $475.71 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $550.37 ↑ +52%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $575.23 ↑ +59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $587.06 ↑ +63%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $599.20 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $616.41 ↑ +71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $733.83 ↑ +103%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $733.83 ↑ +103%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $733.83 ↑ +103%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $770.40 ↑ +113%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $770.40 ↑ +113%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $781.20 ↑ +116%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $868.00 ↑ +140%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $870.67 ↑ +141%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $870.67 ↑ +141%
Humana Medicare Advantage $870.67 ↑ +141%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $870.67 ↑ +141%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $870.67 ↑ +141%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $870.67 ↑ +141%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $870.67 ↑ +141%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $870.67 ↑ +141%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $870.67 ↑ +141%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $870.67 ↑ +141%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $870.67 ↑ +141%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $870.67 ↑ +141%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $870.67 ↑ +141%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $870.67 ↑ +141%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $870.67 ↑ +141%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $870.67 ↑ +141%
Health Net Medicare $870.67 ↑ +141%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $870.67 ↑ +141%
Aetna Medical Rental $902.22 ↑ +150%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $914.20 ↑ +153%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $914.20 ↑ +153%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $924.48 ↑ +156%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $957.74 ↑ +165%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $957.74 ↑ +165%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,184.11 ↑ +228%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,198.40 ↑ +232%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,213.61 ↑ +236%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $1,218.94 ↑ +237%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,284.00 ↑ +255%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,288.59 ↑ +257%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,306.01 ↑ +262%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,368.62 ↑ +279%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,436.61 ↑ +298%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,476.35 ↑ +309%
Aetna Designated Group $1,580.05 ↑ +337%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,635.85 ↑ +353%
Aetna Broad Network $2,044.59 ↑ +466%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Electron microscopy diagnostic at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $856.82 $408.92 – $2,391.66
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $475.94 $214.12 – $1,436.61
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $453.68 $469.55 – $1,436.61
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $481.07 $330.72 – $1,436.61
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $376.64 $475.71 – $1,436.61
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $374.93 $420.25 – $1,436.61
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $392.05 $322.31 – $1,306.01
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $385.20 $214.12 – $1,436.61

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