Bacterial meningitis antigen 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

$49.70

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.

$202.00

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.

$11.54 with Care 1st vs $155.54 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
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -77%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -77%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -77%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -77%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -77%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.83 ↓ -76%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $11.83 ↓ -76%
United Medicaid|All Plans $11.83 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13.85 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Navigate $13.85 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13.85 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $24.00 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $25.65 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $28.28 ↓ -43%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $29.45 ↓ -41%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $29.45 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $33.75 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $33.75 ↓ -32%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $39.26 ↓ -21%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $58.31 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $58.58 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $58.58 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $58.58 ↑ +18%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $109.08 ↑ +119%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $155.54 ↑ +213%

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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $10.88 $11.54 – $39.75
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $14.06 $11.54 – $39.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $15.91 $11.54 – $42.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $10.06 $11.54 – $42.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $12.43 $11.54 – $39.75
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $34.57 $11.54 – $41.30
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $13.54 $11.54 – $42.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $12.58 $11.54 – $39.75

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