Biopsy skin incisional single lesion 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

$346.86

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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.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,410.00

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.

$59.01 with Health Choice vs $2,782.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $59.01 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|All Plans $59.01 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $197.40 ↓ -43%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $241.62 ↓ -30%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $241.62 ↓ -30%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $322.14 ↓ -7%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $478.43 ↑ +38%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $652.42 ↑ +88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $652.42 ↑ +88%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $652.42 ↑ +88%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $652.42 ↑ +88%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $652.42 ↑ +88%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $652.42 ↑ +88%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $652.42 ↑ +88%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $652.42 ↑ +88%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $652.42 ↑ +88%
United Medicare|All Plans $668.74 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $761.40 ↑ +120%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,085.70 ↑ +213%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $1,975.00 ↑ +469%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $2,114.00 ↑ +509%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,782.00 ↑ +702%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,782.00 ↑ +702%

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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $272.00 $310.10 – $1,076.49
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $458.95 $126.52 – $1,076.49
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $340.22 $297.70 – $1,076.49
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $213.67 $248.31 – $1,076.49
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $398.70 $190.44 – $978.63
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $250.74 $272.70 – $1,076.49
Banner Payson Medical Center Payson $138.18 $98.49 – $217.80
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $620.75 $59.01 – $1,283.75

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