Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service 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

$9.38

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.

$35.00

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.

$3.08 with United vs $50.58 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
United Medicaid|All Plans $3.08 ↓ -67%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $3.08 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $3.64 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.30 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|Navigate $5.30 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.30 ↓ -43%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -3%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -3%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -3%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -3%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -3%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -3%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -3%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -3%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.32 ↓ -1%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14.04 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $17.82 ↑ +90%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $19.05 ↑ +103%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $21.84 ↑ +133%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.07 ↑ +167%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $25.55 ↑ +172%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $25.55 ↑ +172%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $34.06 ↑ +263%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $50.58 ↑ +439%

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Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $8.61 $3.08 – $20.02
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $15.58 $3.08 – $55.56
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $86.72 $3.08 – $179.33
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $16.80 $3.08 – $55.56

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