X-ray thoracolumbar spine >=2 views 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

$101.57

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.

$342.00

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.

$58.65 with Health Choice Arizona, Inc. vs $409.57 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
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -42%
Mercy Care Mercy Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -42%
Banner University Health Plan AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS $58.65 ↓ -42%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -42%
Health Net Medicaid $58.65 ↓ -42%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN VA Community Care Network $93.85 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -8%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -8%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -8%
Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare Advantage HMO $93.85 ↓ -8%
Banner Health Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -8%
Gila River Health Care Corporation Managed Care Program $93.85 ↓ -8%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $93.85 ↓ -8%
Care 1st Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -8%
Humana Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -8%
Arizona Physicians IPA Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -8%
Health Net Medicare $93.85 ↓ -8%
Mercy Care Mercy Care Advantage $93.85 ↓ -8%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $93.85 ↓ -8%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $93.85 ↓ -8%
Banner University Health Plan University Care Advantage $93.85 ↓ -8%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $98.54 ↓ -3%
Carekin Medicare Advantage $98.54 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Neighborhood $98.89 ↓ -3%
Arizona Priority Care Medicare Advantage $103.23 ↑ +2%
Gold Kidney Health Plan Medicare Advantage $103.23 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN $105.49 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BXBSAZ Alliance CHS $110.76 ↑ +9%
Aetna Banner Employee Plans $114.91 ↑ +13%
Hospice of the Valley Medicare $119.70 ↑ +18%
Aetna Qualified Health Plan $127.64 ↑ +26%
United Healthcare Individual Exchange $131.39 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona BCBSAZ Workers Comp $131.86 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Commercial $131.86 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred $131.86 ↑ +30%
Health Net Commerical Exchange Product $138.90 ↑ +37%
Health Choice Arizona, Inc. ACA Health Plan $140.78 ↑ +39%
National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) NHSI VUMI $153.90 ↑ +52%
Plotkin Health Plotkin Health $153.90 ↑ +52%
Oscar Health Plan Commercial $154.85 ↑ +52%
Aetna Joint Venture $158.00 ↑ +56%
Aetna Designated Group $167.92 ↑ +65%
Aetna Medical Rental $180.23 ↑ +77%
Quiktrip Corporation Commercial $184.68 ↑ +82%
Aetna Broad Network $197.33 ↑ +94%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. LocalFlex $224.69 ↑ +121%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. Commercial $234.95 ↑ +131%
Arizona Medical Network Commercial $239.40 ↑ +136%
Provider Network of America Commercial $256.50 ↑ +153%
United Healthcare UHC Doctor's Plan $347.17 ↑ +242%
United Healthcare UHC Core $378.33 ↑ +272%
United Healthcare Commercial $409.57 ↑ +303%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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X-ray thoracolumbar spine >=2 views at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $194.10 $36.48 – $243.32
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $96.44 $38.47 – $256.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $115.20 $47.84 – $307.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $118.27 $47.84 – $307.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $98.50 $58.65 – $256.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $83.45 $58.65 – $273.60
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $73.53 $47.84 – $256.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $79.69 $38.47 – $273.60

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