Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center

3555 S Val Vista Dr, Gilbert, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1992735088

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$8,918.49

Cash price

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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.

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.

$36,254.00

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.

$224.94 with United vs $27,915.58 with MultiPlan — 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 Medicaid|All Plans $224.94 ↓ -97%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $224.94 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $3,377.00 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $3,615.00 ↓ -59%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $3,647.53 ↓ -59%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $3,647.53 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4,756.00 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,756.00 ↓ -47%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $4,863.03 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $5,075.56 ↓ -43%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $7,222.40 ↓ -19%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $12,895.00 ↑ +45%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $19,577.16 ↑ +120%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $27,915.58 ↑ +213%

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $1,074.19 $504.21 – $4,909.22
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,252.64 $504.21 – $4,018.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,646.93 $653.78 – $4,188.33
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $2,391.00 $653.78 – $3,629.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $1,196.66 $504.21 – $4,909.22
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $1,011.21 $504.21 – $4,018.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $969.22 $504.21 – $2,884.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $1,116.18 $504.21 – $4,018.00

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