Bundled special stain group 2 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

$461.73

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.

$1,876.93

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.

$69.94 with United vs $423.50 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 Commercial|Navigate $69.94 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Options PPO $69.94 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $69.94 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $77.00 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|All Plans $86.90 ↓ -81%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $86.90 ↓ -81%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -70%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -70%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -70%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -70%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -70%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -70%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -70%
United Medicare|All Plans $140.82 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $147.33 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $157.46 ↓ -66%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $171.24 ↓ -63%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $171.24 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $207.18 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $207.18 ↓ -55%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $228.30 ↓ -51%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $297.00 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $338.89 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $338.89 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $338.89 ↓ -27%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $339.06 ↓ -27%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $423.50 ↓ -8%

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $65.20 $24.53 – $226.68
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $85.90 $24.53 – $226.68
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $72.88 $24.53 – $226.68
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $77.28 $24.53 – $226.68
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $67.98 $24.53 – $226.68
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $67.67 $24.53 – $226.68
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $70.76 $24.53 – $206.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $69.53 $24.53 – $226.68

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