Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr/lmb-scr w/img addl 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

$998.06

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.

$3,251.00

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.

$468.47 with Arizona Physicians IPA vs $16,820.00 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. — 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
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $468.47 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $650.20 ↓ -35%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $825.75 ↓ -17%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $975.30 ↓ -2%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $1,137.85 ↑ +14%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $1,170.00 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $1,220.21 ↑ +22%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $1,300.40 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $1,301.56 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $1,366.63 ↑ +37%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $1,462.95 ↑ +47%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $1,462.95 ↑ +47%
Health Net Medicare $1,625.50 ↑ +63%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $1,625.50 ↑ +63%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $1,625.50 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $1,626.95 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $1,626.95 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $1,626.95 ↑ +63%
Aetna Medical Rental $1,713.28 ↑ +72%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $1,755.54 ↑ +76%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $1,755.54 ↑ +76%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $2,114.00 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare UHC Core $2,210.00 ↑ +121%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $2,275.70 ↑ +128%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,326.00 ↑ +133%
Provider Network of America Commercial $2,438.25 ↑ +144%
Aetna Joint Venture $4,405.00 ↑ +341%
Aetna Designated Group $4,680.00 ↑ +369%
Aetna Broad Network $5,506.00 ↑ +452%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $15,138.00 ↑ +1417%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $16,820.00 ↑ +1585%

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr/lmb-scr w/img addl at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $214.21 – $906.61
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,163.86 $468.47 – $15,138.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $829.82 $329.41 – $13,586.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $1,204.72 $329.41 – $13,586.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $1,111.84 $468.47 – $15,138.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $939.54 $468.47 – $15,138.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $900.53 $468.47 – $8,297.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $1,037.07 $468.47 – $15,138.00

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