Arthrocentesis aspir+/injection small jt/bursa with Ultrasound 20604 at Chandler Regional Medical Center

1955 W Frye Rd, Chandler, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1700910189

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$496.88

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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.

$1,854.00

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.

$47.92 with United vs $3,590.33 with BCBS - AZ — same scan, same building. Share

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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
United Medicaid|All Plans $47.92 ↓ -90%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $47.92 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $79.09 ↓ -84%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $79.09 ↓ -84%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $79.09 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $79.09 ↓ -84%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $79.09 ↓ -84%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $79.09 ↓ -84%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $79.09 ↓ -84%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $79.09 ↓ -84%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $79.09 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $81.07 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $259.56 ↓ -48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,001.16 ↑ +101%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,557.36 ↑ +213%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $1,813.22 ↑ +265%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $1,813.22 ↑ +265%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $2,417.46 ↑ +387%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $3,590.33 ↑ +623%

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Arthrocentesis aspir+/injection small jt/bursa with Ultrasound 20604 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler $526.32 $155.60 – $2,440.42
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $456.09 $47.92 – $1,427.58
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $417.79 $155.60 – $2,114.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $364.82 $134.00 – $536.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $529.64 $134.00 – $2,041.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $399.11 $155.60 – $2,440.42
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $372.27 $155.60 – $2,114.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $413.12 $155.60 – $2,440.42

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