Immunofixation electrophoresis serum at Banner Gateway Medical Center
1900 North Higley Road, Gilbert, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1699884858
$20.87
Cash price 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.
$142.00
Gross charge 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.
$22.34 with Care 1st vs $103.14 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) | Medicare Advantage HMO | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $22.34 | ↑ +7% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $22.85 | ↑ +9% |
| Carekin | Medicare Advantage | $23.46 | ↑ +12% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $23.46 | ↑ +12% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $23.80 | ↑ +14% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $24.57 | ↑ +18% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $24.57 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $30.38 | ↑ +46% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $30.60 | ↑ +47% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $30.60 | ↑ +47% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $31.28 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $33.06 | ↑ +58% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $33.51 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $35.84 | ↑ +72% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $36.72 | ↑ +76% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $36.86 | ↑ +77% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $41.32 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $43.12 | ↑ +107% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $45.69 | ↑ +119% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $47.60 | ↑ +128% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $47.92 | ↑ +130% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $50.27 | ↑ +141% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $51.00 | ↑ +144% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $58.17 | ↑ +179% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $62.05 | ↑ +197% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $65.15 | ↑ +212% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $77.56 | ↑ +272% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $77.56 | ↑ +272% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $77.56 | ↑ +272% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $79.71 | ↑ +282% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $82.52 | ↑ +295% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $103.14 | ↑ +394% |
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Immunofixation electrophoresis serum at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $230.26 | $3.93 – $22.34 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $26.98 | $22.34 – $51.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $30.53 | $22.34 – $54.40 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $19.31 | $22.34 – $54.40 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $23.86 | $22.34 – $51.00 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $39.84 | $18.04 – $47.60 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $25.99 | $22.34 – $54.40 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $24.14 | $22.34 – $51.00 |