Amniocentesis therapeutic 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

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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.

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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.

$182.79 with Mercy Care vs $2,202.00 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.

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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
Mercy Care Medicaid|All Plans $182.79
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $182.79
United Medicaid|All Plans $182.79
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $324.21
Mercy Care Medicare|All Plans $324.21
WellCare Medicare|All Plans $324.21
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $324.21
Humana Medicare|All Plans $324.21
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $327.46
Fresenius Medicare|All Plans $330.70
United Medicare|All Plans $332.32
Devoted HP Medicare|All Plans $333.94
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $1,202.59
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $1,202.59
United Commercial|Navigate $1,488.00
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $1,603.18
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,887.00
United Commercial|Options $1,919.00
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,202.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,202.00
Coventry Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Amniocentesis therapeutic at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $1,004.30 $204.07 – $2,127.75
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,015.65 $204.07 – $2,127.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $467.54 $204.07 – $1,030.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $785.85 $204.07 – $2,127.75
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $1,095.08 $204.07 – $2,127.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $1,097.92 $204.07 – $2,127.75
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $870.96 $204.07 – $2,127.75
Banner Goldfield Medical Center Apache Junction $539.03 $204.07 – $2,127.75

All Arizona hospitals for this procedure →