Tissue exam koh skin/hair/nails 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

$35.05

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.

$215.00

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.

$4.27 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $48.00 with Provider Network of America — 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 $4.27 ↓ -88%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↓ -88%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↓ -88%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $4.27 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $4.27 ↓ -88%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $4.27 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid $4.27 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicare $4.27 ↓ -88%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $4.27 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↓ -88%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↓ -88%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $4.27 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $4.27 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↓ -88%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $4.27 ↓ -88%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $4.27 ↓ -88%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $4.27 ↓ -88%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $4.27 ↓ -88%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $4.27 ↓ -88%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $4.48 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $4.48 ↓ -87%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $4.70 ↓ -87%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.70 ↓ -87%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $5.81 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $5.98 ↓ -83%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $6.32 ↓ -82%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $6.41 ↓ -82%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $7.05 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $7.90 ↓ -77%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $8.26 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare UHC Core $8.74 ↓ -75%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $9.17 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Commercial $9.62 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $14.71 ↓ -58%
Aetna Designated Group $15.24 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $15.69 ↓ -55%
Aetna Joint Venture $15.77 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $16.47 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $19.61 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $19.61 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $19.61 ↓ -44%
Aetna Broad Network $19.71 ↓ -44%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $21.50 ↓ -39%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $22.40 ↓ -36%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $28.80 ↓ -18%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $28.80 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medical Rental $33.73 ↓ -4%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $34.56 ↓ -1%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $44.80 ↑ +28%
Provider Network of America Commercial $48.00 ↑ +37%

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Tissue exam koh skin/hair/nails at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $64.46 $2.38 – $13.09
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $47.52 $4.27 – $48.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $50.31 $4.27 – $51.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $35.91 $4.27 – $51.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $47.94 $4.27 – $48.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $39.13 $4.27 – $51.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $44.50 $4.27 – $48.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $43.22 $4.27 – $51.20

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