Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at Chandler Regional Medical Center
1955 W Frye Rd, Chandler, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1700910189
$180.10
Cash price 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.
$672.00
Gross charge 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.
$94.08 with United vs $672.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $94.08 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $114.24 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $114.24 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $114.24 | ↓ -37% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $262.08 | ↑ +46% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $362.88 | ↑ +101% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $540.40 | ↑ +200% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $540.40 | ↑ +200% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $564.48 | ↑ +213% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $672.00 | ↑ +273% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $672.00 | ↑ +273% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $672.00 | ↑ +273% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $672.00 | ↑ +273% |
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Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $165.32 | $94.08 – $672.00 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $1,233.86 | $434.34 – $2,286.00 |