Prealbumin 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

$8.96

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.

$54.00

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.

$14.59 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $67.36 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
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $14.59 ↑ +63%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $14.59 ↑ +63%
Humana Medicare Advantage $14.59 ↑ +63%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $14.59 ↑ +63%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $14.59 ↑ +63%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $14.59 ↑ +63%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $14.59 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicaid $14.59 ↑ +63%
Health Net Medicare $14.59 ↑ +63%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $14.59 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $14.59 ↑ +63%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.59 ↑ +63%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.59 ↑ +63%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $14.59 ↑ +63%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $14.59 ↑ +63%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $14.59 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $14.59 ↑ +63%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $14.59 ↑ +63%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $14.59 ↑ +63%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $14.59 ↑ +63%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $14.59 ↑ +63%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $14.59 ↑ +63%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $14.59 ↑ +63%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $15.32 ↑ +71%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $15.32 ↑ +71%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $16.05 ↑ +79%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.05 ↑ +79%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $18.14 ↑ +102%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $18.90 ↑ +111%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $19.84 ↑ +121%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $20.43 ↑ +128%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $21.59 ↑ +141%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $21.89 ↑ +144%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $24.07 ↑ +169%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $24.30 ↑ +171%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $24.30 ↑ +171%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $26.98 ↑ +201%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $28.16 ↑ +214%
Aetna Medical Rental $28.46 ↑ +218%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $29.16 ↑ +225%
United Healthcare UHC Core $29.83 ↑ +233%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $31.28 ↑ +249%
United Healthcare Commercial $32.84 ↑ +267%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $37.80 ↑ +322%
Provider Network of America Commercial $40.50 ↑ +352%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $50.13 ↑ +459%
Aetna Designated Group $52.06 ↑ +481%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $53.47 ↑ +497%
Aetna Joint Venture $53.90 ↑ +502%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $56.15 ↑ +527%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $66.84 ↑ +646%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $66.84 ↑ +646%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $66.84 ↑ +646%
Aetna Broad Network $67.36 ↑ +652%

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Prealbumin at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $78.48 $14.59 – $245.63
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $8.64 $14.59 – $40.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $8.75 $14.59 – $43.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $8.42 $14.59 – $43.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $6.86 $14.59 – $40.50
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $31.64 $14.59 – $37.80
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $8.15 $14.59 – $43.20
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