X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views 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

$226.73

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.

$846.00

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.

$37.63 with Care 1st vs $287.15 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
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $37.63 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $37.63 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $37.63 ↓ -83%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $37.63 ↓ -83%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $37.63 ↓ -83%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $37.63 ↓ -83%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $37.63 ↓ -83%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $37.63 ↓ -83%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $37.63 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $38.58 ↓ -83%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $41.48 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|All Plans $41.48 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $47.32 ↓ -79%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $86.44 ↓ -62%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $86.44 ↓ -62%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $115.25 ↓ -49%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $171.17 ↓ -25%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $182.52 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $189.46 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $194.81 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|Navigate $194.81 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|Options PPO $194.81 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $202.81 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $266.85 ↑ +18%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $283.92 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $287.15 ↑ +27%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $287.15 ↑ +27%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $287.15 ↑ +27%

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X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler $114.70 $58.65 – $277.50
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $208.12 $41.48 – $260.26
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $104.34 $45.26 – $277.50
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $152.10 $54.25 – $405.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $156.16 $54.25 – $405.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $106.56 $58.65 – $277.50
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $216.78 $36.07 – $259.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $90.28 $58.65 – $296.00

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