Thyroid uptake measurement 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

$177.16

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.

$613.00

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.

$205.97 with Aetna vs $1,909.17 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
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $205.97 ↑ +16%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $214.55 ↑ +21%
Health Net Medicaid $273.41 ↑ +54%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $273.41 ↑ +54%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $273.41 ↑ +54%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $273.41 ↑ +54%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $273.41 ↑ +54%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $275.85 ↑ +56%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $275.85 ↑ +56%
Aetna Joint Venture $283.21 ↑ +60%
Aetna Designated Group $300.98 ↑ +70%
Aetna Medical Rental $323.05 ↑ +82%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $331.02 ↑ +87%
Aetna Broad Network $353.70 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $385.50 ↑ +118%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $402.74 ↑ +127%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $411.20 ↑ +132%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $421.13 ↑ +138%
Humana Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +142%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $428.28 ↑ +142%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +142%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $428.28 ↑ +142%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +142%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +142%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +142%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $428.28 ↑ +142%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +142%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $428.28 ↑ +142%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +142%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +142%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $428.28 ↑ +142%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $428.28 ↑ +142%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $428.28 ↑ +142%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +142%
Health Net Medicare $428.28 ↑ +142%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $428.28 ↑ +142%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $429.10 ↑ +142%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $431.76 ↑ +144%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↑ +154%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $449.69 ↑ +154%
Provider Network of America Commercial $459.75 ↑ +160%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↑ +166%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $471.11 ↑ +166%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $514.00 ↑ +190%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $514.00 ↑ +190%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $514.00 ↑ +190%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $582.46 ↑ +229%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $599.59 ↑ +238%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $633.85 ↑ +258%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $642.42 ↑ +263%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $706.66 ↑ +299%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $1,617.92 ↑ +813%
United Healthcare UHC Core $1,763.10 ↑ +895%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,909.17 ↑ +978%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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Thyroid uptake measurement at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $243.36 $149.98 – $706.66
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $166.74 $109.24 – $706.66
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