Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) 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

$624.60

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.

$2,539.00

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.

$199.19 with Health Choice vs $1,955.03 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
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $199.19 ↓ -68%
United Medicaid|All Plans $199.19 ↓ -68%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $257.63 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $257.63 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $257.63 ↓ -59%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $257.63 ↓ -59%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $257.63 ↓ -59%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $257.63 ↓ -59%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $257.63 ↓ -59%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $257.63 ↓ -59%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $257.63 ↓ -59%
United Medicare|All Plans $264.08 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $355.46 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $509.24 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $545.10 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $717.24 ↑ +15%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $717.24 ↑ +15%
United Commercial|Navigate $731.00 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $868.00 ↑ +39%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $882.82 ↑ +41%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $882.82 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|Options PPO $903.00 ↑ +45%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $990.21 ↑ +59%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $990.21 ↑ +59%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $990.21 ↑ +59%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $1,177.01 ↑ +88%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,371.06 ↑ +120%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $1,748.06 ↑ +180%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,955.03 ↑ +213%

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $490.62 $166.84 – $1,443.00
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $511.78 $166.84 – $1,443.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $278.89 $166.84 – $701.60
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $256.08 $166.84 – $701.60
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $344.40 $166.84 – $1,443.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $352.09 $166.84 – $1,539.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $394.42 $166.84 – $1,443.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $413.66 $166.84 – $1,539.20

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