Drain bladder by trocar/cath at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center
3555 S Val Vista Dr, Gilbert, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1992735088
$274.29
Cash price 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.
$1,115.00
Gross charge 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.
$52.93 with Health Choice vs $1,111.46 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $52.93 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $52.93 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $156.10 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $242.22 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $242.22 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $322.94 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $479.61 | ↑ +75% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $602.10 | ↑ +120% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $858.55 | ↑ +213% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,084.35 | ↑ +295% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,084.35 | ↑ +295% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,084.35 | ↑ +295% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $1,084.35 | ↑ +295% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,084.35 | ↑ +295% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $1,084.35 | ↑ +295% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $1,084.35 | ↑ +295% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $1,084.35 | ↑ +295% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,084.35 | ↑ +295% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,111.46 | ↑ +305% |
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Drain bladder by trocar/cath at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $552.29 | $326.00 – $1,789.18 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $644.04 | $126.83 – $1,789.18 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $615.26 | $326.00 – $1,789.18 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $636.85 | $326.00 – $1,789.18 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $694.41 | $326.00 – $1,626.53 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $696.21 | $326.00 – $1,789.18 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $341.81 | $205.81 – $1,626.53 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $509.12 | $273.38 – $1,789.18 |