Insulin for insulin pump use 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

$0.03

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.

$1.78

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.

$0.36 with Aetna vs $16.21 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $0.36 ↑ +1100%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $0.45 ↑ +1400%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $0.53 ↑ +1667%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $0.60 ↑ +1900%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $0.62 ↑ +1967%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $0.71 ↑ +2267%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $0.80 ↑ +2567%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $0.80 ↑ +2567%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $0.86 ↑ +2767%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $0.89 ↑ +2867%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $0.89 ↑ +2867%
Health Net Medicare $0.89 ↑ +2867%
United Healthcare UHC Core $0.90 ↑ +2900%
Aetna Medical Rental $0.94 ↑ +3033%
United Healthcare Commercial $0.95 ↑ +3067%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $0.96 ↑ +3100%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $0.96 ↑ +3100%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1.25 ↑ +4067%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1.33 ↑ +4333%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $3.24 ↑ +10700%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $3.24 ↑ +10700%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $3.24 ↑ +10700%
Health Net Medicaid $3.24 ↑ +10700%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $3.24 ↑ +10700%
Aetna Designated Group $4.76 ↑ +15767%
Aetna Broad Network $4.76 ↑ +15767%
Aetna Joint Venture $4.76 ↑ +15767%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $4.81 ↑ +15933%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $5.35 ↑ +17733%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $12.15 ↑ +40400%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $12.97 ↑ +43133%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $13.61 ↑ +45267%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $16.21 ↑ +53933%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $16.21 ↑ +53933%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $16.21 ↑ +53933%

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