Acetylcholinesterase assay at Arizona General Hospital Mesa

9130 E Elliot Rd, Mesa, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689121188

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$43.23

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.

$175.00

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.

$7.37 with United vs $142.98 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|Options $7.37 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|Navigate $7.37 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.37 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.29 ↓ -72%
Mercy Care Medicare|All Plans $12.29 ↓ -72%
WellCare Medicare|All Plans $12.29 ↓ -72%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $12.29 ↓ -72%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $12.29 ↓ -72%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $12.42 ↓ -71%
Fresenius Medicare|All Plans $12.54 ↓ -71%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $12.60 ↓ -71%
Mercy Care Medicaid|All Plans $12.60 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|All Plans $12.60 ↓ -71%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.60 ↓ -71%
Devoted HP Medicare|All Plans $12.66 ↓ -71%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $25.47 ↓ -41%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $25.47 ↓ -41%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $33.96 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $35.96 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $35.96 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $59.83 ↑ +38%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $59.83 ↑ +38%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $92.75 ↑ +115%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $142.98 ↑ +231%

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Acetylcholinesterase assay at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $40.08 $7.37 – $142.98
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $71.44 $5.16 – $147.73

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