Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes 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

$58.70

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.

$219.00

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.

$8.58 with United vs $219.00 with United — 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
United Medicaid|All Plans $8.58 ↓ -85%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $8.58 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $20.60 ↓ -65%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $20.60 ↓ -65%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $20.60 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $20.60 ↓ -65%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $20.60 ↓ -65%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $20.60 ↓ -65%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $20.60 ↓ -65%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $20.60 ↓ -65%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $20.60 ↓ -65%
United Medicare|All Plans $21.12 ↓ -64%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $28.04 ↓ -52%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $28.04 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $30.66 ↓ -48%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $37.39 ↓ -36%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $55.52 ↓ -5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $118.26 ↑ +101%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $183.96 ↑ +213%
United Commercial|Navigate $219.00 ↑ +273%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $219.00 ↑ +273%
United Commercial|Options PPO $219.00 ↑ +273%

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Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $53.88 $8.58 – $168.63
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $78.70 $8.58 – $162.74
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $30.43 $8.58 – $38.95

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