Artery x-rays spine at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center
3555 S Val Vista Dr, Gilbert, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1992735088
$4,792.33
Cash price 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.
$19,481.00
Gross charge 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.
$261.78 with Health Choice vs $15,786.57 with Cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $261.78 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $261.78 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $404.50 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $404.50 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $539.29 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $800.94 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,292.97 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,292.97 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,292.97 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $2,727.34 | ↓ -43% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $5,761.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $5,761.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $5,761.50 | ↑ +20% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $5,761.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $5,761.50 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $5,761.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $5,761.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,761.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $5,761.50 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $5,905.54 | ↑ +23% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10,519.74 | ↑ +120% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $11,208.46 | ↑ +134% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $11,780.82 | ↑ +146% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $11,780.82 | ↑ +146% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,780.82 | ↑ +146% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $11,997.79 | ↑ +150% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $15,000.37 | ↑ +213% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,786.57 | ↑ +229% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $15,786.57 | ↑ +229% |
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Artery x-rays spine at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $1,490.48 | $544.41 – $9,506.48 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,233.30 | $211.80 – $9,506.48 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,629.11 | $334.43 – $9,506.48 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $2,023.25 | $327.14 – $9,506.48 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,227.45 | $544.41 – $9,506.48 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $1,613.22 | $415.70 – $9,506.48 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $1,227.45 | $318.82 – $8,642.25 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $1,350.20 | $211.80 – $9,506.48 |