F-18 fdg pet diag 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

$875.38

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.

$3,029.00

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.

$359.05 with Banner University Health Plan vs $2,424.91 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $359.05 ↓ -59%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $359.05 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid $359.05 ↓ -59%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $359.05 ↓ -59%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $359.05 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $605.80 ↓ -31%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $769.37 ↓ -12%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $908.70 ↑ +4%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,060.15 ↑ +21%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $1,211.60 ↑ +38%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,363.05 ↑ +56%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,363.05 ↑ +56%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,514.50 ↑ +73%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,514.50 ↑ +73%
Health Net Medicare $1,514.50 ↑ +73%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,596.28 ↑ +82%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,635.66 ↑ +87%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,635.66 ↑ +87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,818.68 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,939.93 ↑ +122%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $2,036.91 ↑ +133%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,120.30 ↑ +142%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,271.75 ↑ +160%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,424.91 ↑ +177%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $2,424.91 ↑ +177%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,424.91 ↑ +177%

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F-18 fdg pet diag at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $893.21 $359.05 – $1,871.25
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $117.02 $90.36 – $1,092.86
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $81.78 $90.36 – $1,065.06
Banner Payson Medical Center Payson $1,760.48 $359.05 – $3,112.83
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $557.67 $72.99 – $1,772.25
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $342.93 $100.00 – $897.70

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