Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) 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

$42.81

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.

$174.00

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.

$24.36 with United vs $133.98 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|DignityHealthEmployee $24.36 ↓ -43%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $33.97 ↓ -21%
United Medicaid|All Plans $33.97 ↓ -21%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $63.31 ↑ +48%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $63.31 ↑ +48%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $63.31 ↑ +48%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $63.31 ↑ +48%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $63.31 ↑ +48%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $63.31 ↑ +48%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $63.31 ↑ +48%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $63.31 ↑ +48%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $63.31 ↑ +48%
United Medicare|All Plans $64.90 ↑ +52%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $93.96 ↑ +119%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $133.98 ↑ +213%

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Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $234.14 $40.35 – $225.75
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $173.57 $40.35 – $225.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $109.00 $40.35 – $240.80
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $495.66 $33.97 – $67.11
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $46.64 $24.36 – $146.16
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson not published $40.35 – $172.25
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa not published $40.35 – $201.90
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale not published $40.35 – $78.55

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