Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) 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

$1,078.70

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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.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,025.00

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.

$159.14 with United vs $4,807.98 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

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 $159.14 ↓ -85%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $159.14 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $455.48 ↓ -58%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $455.48 ↓ -58%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $455.48 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $455.48 ↓ -58%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $455.48 ↓ -58%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $455.48 ↓ -58%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $455.48 ↓ -58%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $455.48 ↓ -58%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $455.48 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Plans $466.87 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $563.50 ↓ -48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,173.50 ↑ +101%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $2,428.17 ↑ +125%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $2,428.17 ↑ +125%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $2,495.00 ↑ +131%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $2,671.00 ↑ +148%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $3,237.34 ↑ +200%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,381.00 ↑ +213%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,514.00 ↑ +226%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $4,807.98 ↑ +346%

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Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $990.15 $159.14 – $3,099.25
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,077.94 $602.20 – $4,640.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $966.67 $532.60 – $2,788.18
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $1,029.76 $602.20 – $4,640.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $870.18 $602.20 – $4,640.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $834.05 $602.20 – $4,037.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $960.51 $602.20 – $4,640.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $1,065.89 $602.20 – $4,640.00

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