Platelet automated 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

$2.42

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.

$14.00

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.

$4.48 with Care 1st vs $20.68 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
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $4.48 ↑ +85%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $4.48 ↑ +85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $4.48 ↑ +85%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $4.48 ↑ +85%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $4.48 ↑ +85%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $4.48 ↑ +85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $4.48 ↑ +85%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $4.48 ↑ +85%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $4.48 ↑ +85%
Health Net Medicaid $4.48 ↑ +85%
Health Net Medicare $4.48 ↑ +85%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $4.48 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $4.48 ↑ +85%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.48 ↑ +85%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.48 ↑ +85%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $4.48 ↑ +85%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $4.48 ↑ +85%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $4.48 ↑ +85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $4.48 ↑ +85%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $4.48 ↑ +85%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $4.48 ↑ +85%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $4.48 ↑ +85%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $4.48 ↑ +85%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $4.70 ↑ +94%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $4.70 ↑ +94%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $4.70 ↑ +94%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $4.90 ↑ +102%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $4.93 ↑ +104%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.93 ↑ +104%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $6.09 ↑ +152%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $6.27 ↑ +159%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $6.30 ↑ +160%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $6.30 ↑ +160%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $6.63 ↑ +174%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $6.72 ↑ +178%
Aetna Medical Rental $7.38 ↑ +205%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $7.39 ↑ +205%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $7.56 ↑ +212%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $8.28 ↑ +242%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $8.64 ↑ +257%
United Healthcare UHC Core $9.17 ↑ +279%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $9.60 ↑ +297%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $9.80 ↑ +305%
United Healthcare Commercial $10.08 ↑ +317%
Provider Network of America Commercial $10.50 ↑ +334%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $15.42 ↑ +537%
Aetna Designated Group $15.98 ↑ +560%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $16.45 ↑ +580%
Aetna Joint Venture $16.55 ↑ +584%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $17.27 ↑ +614%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $20.56 ↑ +750%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $20.56 ↑ +750%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $20.56 ↑ +750%
Aetna Broad Network $20.68 ↑ +755%

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Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $58.06 $4.48 – $174.79
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $2.56 $4.48 – $10.50
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