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Knee X-ray 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

$133.06

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.

$448.00

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.

$79.00 with Mercy Care vs $551.65 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
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -41%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $79.00 ↓ -41%
Health Net Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -41%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -41%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $79.00 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $89.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $113.79 ↓ -14%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $134.40 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $145.76 ↑ +10%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $150.53 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $155.48 ↑ +17%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $156.80 ↑ +18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $163.25 ↑ +23%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $179.20 ↑ +35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $194.35 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $194.35 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $194.35 ↑ +46%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $201.60 ↑ +52%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $201.60 ↑ +52%
Aetna Joint Venture $206.98 ↑ +56%
Aetna Designated Group $219.97 ↑ +65%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $224.00 ↑ +68%
Health Net Medicare $224.00 ↑ +68%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $224.00 ↑ +68%
Aetna Medical Rental $236.10 ↑ +77%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $241.92 ↑ +82%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $241.92 ↑ +82%
Aetna Broad Network $258.50 ↑ +94%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $294.34 ↑ +121%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $307.78 ↑ +131%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $313.60 ↑ +136%
Provider Network of America Commercial $336.00 ↑ +153%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $467.28 ↑ +251%
United Healthcare UHC Core $509.21 ↑ +283%
United Healthcare Commercial $551.65 ↑ +315%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Knee X-ray at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $126.34 $56.71 – $467.28
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $173.71 $79.00 – $551.65
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $169.20 $79.00 – $551.65
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $262.47 $45.19 – $313.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $129.02 $79.00 – $467.28
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $96.32 $79.00 – $449.06
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $109.31 $79.00 – $467.28
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $104.38 $56.71 – $467.28

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