Lidocaine injection 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

$11.81

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.

$48.00

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.

$0.29 with Aetna vs $36.96 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
Aetna Commercial|HMO $0.29 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.29 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $0.29 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $6.72 ↓ -43%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $18.72 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $25.92 ↑ +119%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $36.96 ↑ +213%

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Lidocaine injection at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $80.15 $0.12 – $285.95
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $86.45 $0.12 – $285.95
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $12.87 $0.29 – $40.32

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