Nitrogen n-13 ammonia 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

$396.80

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.

$1,373.00

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.

$274.60 with Aetna vs $4,090.83 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona — 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $274.60 ↓ -31%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $348.74 ↓ -12%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $411.90 ↑ +4%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $480.55 ↑ +21%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $549.20 ↑ +38%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $617.85 ↑ +56%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $617.85 ↑ +56%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $659.00 ↑ +66%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $659.00 ↑ +66%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $659.00 ↑ +66%
Health Net Medicaid $659.00 ↑ +66%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $659.00 ↑ +66%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $686.50 ↑ +73%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $686.50 ↑ +73%
Health Net Medicare $686.50 ↑ +73%
Aetna Medical Rental $723.57 ↑ +82%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $741.42 ↑ +87%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $741.42 ↑ +87%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $961.10 ↑ +142%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $998.19 ↑ +152%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,029.75 ↑ +160%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,109.10 ↑ +180%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $3,068.12 ↑ +673%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $3,272.66 ↑ +725%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $3,436.27 ↑ +766%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $4,090.83 ↑ +931%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $4,090.83 ↑ +931%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $4,090.83 ↑ +931%

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Nitrogen n-13 ammonia at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $492.25 $275.00 – $1,193.64
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $368.40 $72.99 – $1,193.64

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