Red blood cells each unit 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

$27.07

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.

$101.00

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.

$12.46 with United vs $91.23 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 Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $12.46 ↓ -54%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $48.06 ↑ +78%
United Medicaid|All Plans $52.25 ↑ +93%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $52.25 ↑ +93%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $74.76 ↑ +176%
United Commercial|Navigate $89.00 ↑ +229%
United Commercial|Options PPO $89.00 ↑ +229%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $89.00 ↑ +229%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $89.00 ↑ +229%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $89.00 ↑ +229%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $89.00 ↑ +229%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $89.00 ↑ +229%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $89.00 ↑ +229%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $89.00 ↑ +229%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $89.00 ↑ +229%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $89.00 ↑ +229%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $89.00 ↑ +229%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $89.00 ↑ +229%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $89.00 ↑ +229%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $89.00 ↑ +229%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $89.00 ↑ +229%
United Medicare|All Plans $91.23 ↑ +237%

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Red blood cells each unit at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $24.85 $12.46 – $89.00
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $227.17 $52.25 – $599.68
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $372.84 $52.25 – $441.61
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $245.03 $52.25 – $599.68

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