Iodine i-131 iobenguane 1mci 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

$0.55

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.

$1.90

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.

$0.38 with Aetna vs $2,184.46 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 $0.38 ↓ -31%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $0.48 ↓ -13%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $0.57 ↑ +4%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $0.64 ↑ +16%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $0.67 ↑ +22%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $0.76 ↑ +38%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $0.86 ↑ +56%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $0.86 ↑ +56%
Aetna Joint Venture $0.88 ↑ +60%
Aetna Designated Group $0.93 ↑ +69%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $0.95 ↑ +73%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $0.95 ↑ +73%
Health Net Medicare $0.95 ↑ +73%
Aetna Medical Rental $1.00 ↑ +82%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1.03 ↑ +87%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1.03 ↑ +87%
Aetna Broad Network $1.10 ↑ +100%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1.33 ↑ +142%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1.43 ↑ +160%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $271.69 ↑ +49298%
Health Net Medicaid $271.69 ↑ +49298%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $271.69 ↑ +49298%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $271.69 ↑ +49298%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $271.69 ↑ +49298%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $485.30 ↑ +88136%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $539.22 ↑ +97940%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,638.35 ↑ +297782%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,747.57 ↑ +317640%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,834.93 ↑ +333524%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $2,184.46 ↑ +397075%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $2,184.46 ↑ +397075%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $2,184.46 ↑ +397075%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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