Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at Banner Gateway Medical Center
1900 North Higley Road, Gilbert, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1699884858
$18.23
Cash price 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.
$55.40
Gross charge 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.
$4.08 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $41.55 with Provider Network of America — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $4.08 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $4.54 | ↓ -75% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $6.36 | ↓ -65% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $6.36 | ↓ -65% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $6.36 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $6.36 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $6.36 | ↓ -65% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) | Medicare Advantage HMO | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $7.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $8.25 | ↓ -55% |
| Carekin | Medicare Advantage | $8.25 | ↓ -55% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $8.65 | ↓ -53% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $8.65 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $10.69 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $11.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $11.63 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $11.79 | ↓ -35% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $12.97 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $18.61 | ↑ +2% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $19.39 | ↑ +6% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $20.02 | ↑ +10% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $21.93 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $21.94 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $23.41 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $23.43 | ↑ +29% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $23.43 | ↑ +29% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $23.43 | ↑ +29% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $24.58 | ↑ +35% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $24.93 | ↑ +37% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $24.93 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $29.20 | ↑ +60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $29.26 | ↑ +61% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $29.26 | ↑ +61% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $29.26 | ↑ +61% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $29.92 | ↑ +64% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $38.78 | ↑ +113% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $41.55 | ↑ +128% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $1,591.87 | $5.94 – $1,636.25 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $486.63 | $4.81 – $1,657.70 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $1,163.19 | $5.94 – $773.55 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $4,345.16 | $6.52 – $1,066.75 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $524.88 | $4.81 – $1,657.70 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | $1,734.23 | $5.94 – $1,785.00 |