Injection epidural blood patch or clot 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

$467.90

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.

$1,902.00

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.

$118.37 with Health Choice vs $2,782.00 with Cigna — 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 $118.37 ↓ -75%
United Medicaid|All Plans $118.37 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $266.28 ↓ -43%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +58%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +58%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +58%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +58%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +58%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +58%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +58%
United Medicare|All Plans $756.56 ↑ +62%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $847.26 ↑ +81%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $847.26 ↑ +81%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,027.08 ↑ +120%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $1,129.60 ↑ +141%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,464.54 ↑ +213%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $1,677.64 ↑ +259%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $1,975.00 ↑ +322%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $2,114.00 ↑ +352%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,782.00 ↑ +495%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,782.00 ↑ +495%

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Injection epidural blood patch or clot at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $443.66 $460.08 – $1,217.87
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $736.60 $443.64 – $1,217.87
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $422.17 $407.05 – $1,217.87
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $612.90 $407.05 – $1,217.87
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $486.32 $460.08 – $2,083.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $410.96 $460.08 – $1,217.87
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $393.89 $460.08 – $1,107.15
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $453.62 $443.64 – $1,217.87

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