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Pelvic MRI (with contrast) 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

$419.63

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.

$2,483.00

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.

$266.89 with Mercy Care vs $1,863.61 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
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $266.89 ↓ -36%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $266.89 ↓ -36%
Health Net Medicaid $266.89 ↓ -36%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $266.89 ↓ -36%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $266.89 ↓ -36%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -9%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $380.64 ↓ -9%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $380.64 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $380.64 ↓ -9%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $380.64 ↓ -9%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $380.64 ↓ -9%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $380.64 ↓ -9%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicare $380.64 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -9%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $380.64 ↓ -9%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -9%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -9%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -9%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $380.64 ↓ -9%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $399.67 ↓ -5%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $399.67 ↓ -5%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $418.70 ↓ -0%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $418.70 ↓ -0%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $517.67 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $532.90 ↑ +27%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $563.35 ↑ +34%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $570.96 ↑ +36%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $628.06 ↑ +50%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $834.29 ↑ +99%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $869.05 ↑ +107%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,042.15 ↑ +148%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,111.62 ↑ +165%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,117.35 ↑ +166%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,117.35 ↑ +166%
Aetna Joint Venture $1,147.15 ↑ +173%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,167.19 ↑ +178%
Aetna Designated Group $1,219.15 ↑ +191%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,308.54 ↑ +212%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,340.82 ↑ +220%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,389.53 ↑ +231%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,389.53 ↑ +231%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,389.53 ↑ +231%
Aetna Broad Network $1,432.69 ↑ +241%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $1,481.00 ↑ +253%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,580.51 ↑ +277%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $1,646.00 ↑ +292%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,722.34 ↑ +310%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $1,738.10 ↑ +314%
Provider Network of America Commercial $1,862.25 ↑ +344%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,863.61 ↑ +344%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Pelvic MRI (with contrast) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $476.74 $266.89 – $1,862.25
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $561.37 $266.89 – $2,842.40
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $657.30 $266.89 – $2,842.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $439.49 $266.89 – $1,862.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $365.00 $266.89 – $1,986.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $491.63 $266.89 – $1,862.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $367.48 $266.89 – $1,986.40
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $469.29 $266.89 – $1,862.25

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