Av fusion/forearm vein 36820 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

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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.

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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.

$675.16 with Care 1st vs $5,503.78 with BCBS - AZ — 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
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $675.16
Humana Medicare|All Plans $675.16
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $675.16
First Health Medicare|All Plans $675.16
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $675.16
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $675.16
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $675.16
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $675.16
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $675.16
United Medicare|All Plans $692.04
United Medicaid|All Plans $741.70
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $741.70
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $2,495.00
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $2,671.00
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $2,779.57
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $2,779.57
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,514.00
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $3,705.84
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $5,503.78
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Av fusion/forearm vein 36820 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $1,095.20 $741.70 – $1,564.56
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $741.70 – $5,761.50
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix not published $1,455.44 – $3,458.52
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson not published $3,191.68 – $3,458.52
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa not published $3,458.52 – $3,741.03
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix not published $3,458.52 – $3,741.03
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa not published $3,137.11 – $3,458.52
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale not published $72.99 – $3,458.52

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