Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid 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

$200.76

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.

$717.00

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.

$81.00 with Aetna vs $537.75 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
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $81.00 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $143.40 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicaid $172.80 ↓ -14%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $172.80 ↓ -14%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $172.80 ↓ -14%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $182.12 ↓ -9%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $203.00 ↑ +1%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $215.10 ↑ +7%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $225.00 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $241.00 ↑ +20%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $250.95 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare UHC Core $252.00 ↑ +26%
United Healthcare Commercial $265.00 ↑ +32%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $286.80 ↑ +43%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $322.65 ↑ +61%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $322.65 ↑ +61%
Aetna Joint Venture $331.25 ↑ +65%
Aetna Designated Group $352.05 ↑ +75%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $358.50 ↑ +79%
Health Net Medicare $358.50 ↑ +79%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $358.50 ↑ +79%
Aetna Medical Rental $377.86 ↑ +88%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $387.18 ↑ +93%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $387.18 ↑ +93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $395.91 ↑ +97%
Aetna Broad Network $413.71 ↑ +106%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $422.30 ↑ +110%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $443.41 ↑ +121%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $501.90 ↑ +150%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $527.88 ↑ +163%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $527.88 ↑ +163%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $527.88 ↑ +163%
Provider Network of America Commercial $537.75 ↑ +168%

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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $176.38 $81.00 – $537.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $97.65 $71.80 – $337.77
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $70.72 $71.80 – $287.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $121.17 $81.00 – $537.75
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $170.65 $81.00 – $537.75
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $101.10 $81.00 – $537.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $192.87 $81.00 – $537.75
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $189.88 $81.00 – $537.75

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