Culture quantitative aerobic other source 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

$10.72

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.

$40.00

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.

$5.60 with United vs $40.00 with Aetna — 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 Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $5.60 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|Navigate $5.93 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.93 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.93 ↓ -45%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.89 ↓ -8%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.89 ↓ -8%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.89 ↓ -8%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $9.89 ↓ -8%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $9.89 ↓ -8%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $9.89 ↓ -8%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $9.89 ↓ -8%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $9.89 ↓ -8%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $9.89 ↓ -8%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.14 ↓ -5%
United Medicaid|All Plans $10.14 ↓ -5%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $10.14 ↓ -5%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $20.58 ↑ +92%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21.60 ↑ +101%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $21.99 ↑ +105%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $25.27 ↑ +136%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $25.27 ↑ +136%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $28.94 ↑ +170%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $33.60 ↑ +213%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $33.69 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $40.00 ↑ +273%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $40.00 ↑ +273%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $40.00 ↑ +273%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $40.00 ↑ +273%

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Culture quantitative aerobic other source at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler $20.50 $9.89 – $45.75
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $9.84 $5.60 – $30.80
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $13.48 $9.89 – $45.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $14.27 $9.89 – $48.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $10.19 $9.89 – $48.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $13.60 $9.89 – $45.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $11.10 $9.89 – $48.80
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $12.63 $9.89 – $45.75

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