Myelogphy 2/> spine regions 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

$802.79

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.

$2,703.00

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.

$354.62 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona vs $3,620.61 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $354.62 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $378.26 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $397.17 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $472.82 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $472.82 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $472.82 ↓ -41%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $518.51 ↓ -35%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $518.51 ↓ -35%
Health Net Medicaid $518.51 ↓ -35%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $518.51 ↓ -35%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $518.51 ↓ -35%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +5%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $842.06 ↑ +5%
Humana Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +5%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +5%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $842.06 ↑ +5%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $842.06 ↑ +5%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $842.06 ↑ +5%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $842.06 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +5%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +5%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $842.06 ↑ +5%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +5%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +5%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $842.06 ↑ +5%
Health Net Medicare $842.06 ↑ +5%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $842.06 ↑ +5%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $884.16 ↑ +10%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $884.16 ↑ +10%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $908.21 ↑ +13%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $926.27 ↑ +15%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $926.27 ↑ +15%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $946.05 ↑ +18%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $1,145.20 ↑ +43%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $1,178.88 ↑ +47%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,216.35 ↑ +52%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,216.35 ↑ +52%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,246.25 ↑ +55%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,248.79 ↑ +56%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,263.09 ↑ +57%
Aetna Designated Group $1,327.17 ↑ +65%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,389.40 ↑ +73%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,424.48 ↑ +77%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,459.62 ↑ +82%
Aetna Broad Network $1,559.63 ↑ +94%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,775.87 ↑ +121%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,856.96 ↑ +131%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,892.10 ↑ +136%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,027.25 ↑ +153%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $3,070.63 ↑ +282%
United Healthcare UHC Core $3,346.17 ↑ +317%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,620.61 ↑ +351%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Myelogphy 2/> spine regions at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $469.37 $160.57 – $1,469.16
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $762.25 $137.96 – $2,027.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $579.60 $231.20 – $1,545.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $595.06 $213.09 – $1,545.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $778.46 $354.62 – $2,027.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $659.53 $270.78 – $2,162.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $581.14 $207.67 – $2,027.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $629.80 $137.96 – $2,162.40

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