Kidney function study 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

$382.35

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.

$1,323.00

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.

$273.41 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $1,909.17 with United Healthcare — 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -28%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -28%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -28%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $273.41 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicaid $273.41 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $426.22 ↑ +11%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Humana Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Health Net Medicare $428.28 ↑ +12%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $428.28 ↑ +12%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $428.28 ↑ +12%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $428.28 ↑ +12%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $428.28 ↑ +12%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $428.28 ↑ +12%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +12%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $444.53 ↑ +16%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↑ +18%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↑ +18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $454.64 ↑ +19%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $463.05 ↑ +21%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↑ +23%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $477.37 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $568.30 ↑ +49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $568.30 ↑ +49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $568.30 ↑ +49%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $582.46 ↑ +52%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $595.35 ↑ +56%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $595.35 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $599.59 ↑ +57%
Aetna Joint Venture $611.23 ↑ +60%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $633.85 ↑ +66%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $642.42 ↑ +68%
Aetna Designated Group $649.59 ↑ +70%
Aetna Medical Rental $697.22 ↑ +82%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $706.66 ↑ +85%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $714.42 ↑ +87%
Aetna Broad Network $763.37 ↑ +100%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $869.21 ↑ +127%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $908.90 ↑ +138%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $926.10 ↑ +142%
Provider Network of America Commercial $992.25 ↑ +160%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,617.92 ↑ +323%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,763.10 ↑ +361%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,909.17 ↑ +399%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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Kidney function study at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $525.23 $165.82 – $992.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $372.64 $152.56 – $1,096.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $370.44 $273.41 – $992.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $279.15 $273.41 – $992.25
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler $423.36 $273.41 – $992.25

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