Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block 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

$195.91

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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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$731.00

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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.

$86.69 with Cigna vs $614.04 with MultiPlan — 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
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $86.69 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $92.65 ↓ -53%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $96.09 ↓ -51%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $96.09 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $96.09 ↓ -51%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $96.09 ↓ -51%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $96.09 ↓ -51%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $96.09 ↓ -51%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $96.09 ↓ -51%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $96.09 ↓ -51%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $96.09 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $97.64 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|Options PPO $97.64 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|Navigate $97.64 ↓ -50%
United Medicare|All Plans $98.50 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $102.34 ↓ -48%
United Medicaid|All Plans $106.57 ↓ -46%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $106.57 ↓ -46%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $119.27 ↓ -39%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $119.27 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $121.91 ↓ -38%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $159.01 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $200.23 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $200.23 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $200.23 ↑ +2%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $236.15 ↑ +21%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $394.74 ↑ +101%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $614.04 ↑ +213%

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler $97.46 $69.25 – $301.36
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $179.83 $86.69 – $562.87
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $101.47 $62.45 – $301.36
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $96.73 $76.95 – $301.36
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $102.57 $76.95 – $301.36
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $80.30 $69.25 – $301.36
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $79.94 $69.25 – $301.36
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $83.59 $76.95 – $273.96

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