X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center
3555 S Val Vista Dr, Gilbert, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1992735088
$208.12
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.
$846.00
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.
$41.48 with Health Choice vs $287.15 with Aetna — 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 | $41.48 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $41.48 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $47.32 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $86.44 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $86.44 | ↓ -58% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -55% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $96.20 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $115.25 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $171.17 | ↓ -18% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $182.52 | ↓ -12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $189.46 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $194.81 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $194.81 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $194.81 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $202.81 | ↓ -3% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $260.26 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $266.85 | ↑ +28% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $266.85 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $287.15 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $287.15 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $287.15 | ↑ +38% |
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X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $109.89 | $58.65 – $277.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $104.34 | $45.26 – $277.50 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $152.10 | $54.25 – $405.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $156.16 | $54.25 – $405.60 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $106.56 | $58.65 – $277.50 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $216.78 | $36.07 – $259.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $90.28 | $58.65 – $296.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $79.55 | $54.25 – $277.50 |