Leukocyte phagocytosis 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

$8.08

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.

$55.00

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.

$10.39 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $47.97 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.

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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
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $10.39 ↑ +29%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $10.39 ↑ +29%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.39 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $10.39 ↑ +29%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $10.39 ↑ +29%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $10.39 ↑ +29%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $10.39 ↑ +29%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $10.39 ↑ +29%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $10.39 ↑ +29%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $10.39 ↑ +29%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $10.39 ↑ +29%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $10.39 ↑ +29%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $10.39 ↑ +29%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $10.39 ↑ +29%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $10.39 ↑ +29%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $10.39 ↑ +29%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $10.39 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.39 ↑ +29%
Humana Medicare Advantage $10.39 ↑ +29%
Health Net Medicare $10.39 ↑ +29%
Health Net Medicaid $10.39 ↑ +29%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $10.39 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $10.39 ↑ +29%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $10.91 ↑ +35%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $10.91 ↑ +35%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $11.43 ↑ +41%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $11.43 ↑ +41%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $14.13 ↑ +75%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $14.55 ↑ +80%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $15.38 ↑ +90%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $15.59 ↑ +93%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $17.14 ↑ +112%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $18.48 ↑ +129%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $19.22 ↑ +138%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $19.25 ↑ +138%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $20.05 ↑ +148%
United Healthcare UHC Core $21.25 ↑ +163%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $22.27 ↑ +176%
United Healthcare Commercial $23.39 ↑ +189%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $24.75 ↑ +206%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $24.75 ↑ +206%
Aetna Medical Rental $28.98 ↑ +259%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $29.70 ↑ +268%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $35.71 ↑ +342%
Aetna Designated Group $37.07 ↑ +359%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $38.09 ↑ +371%
Aetna Joint Venture $38.38 ↑ +375%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $38.50 ↑ +376%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $39.99 ↑ +395%
Provider Network of America Commercial $41.25 ↑ +411%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $47.61 ↑ +489%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $47.61 ↑ +489%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $47.61 ↑ +489%
Aetna Broad Network $47.97 ↑ +494%

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