App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm 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.

$231.02 with Mercy Care vs $3,093.00 with United — 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 $231.02
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $231.02
United Medicaid|All Plans $231.02
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,949.63
Mercy Care Medicare|All Plans $1,949.63
WellCare Medicare|All Plans $1,949.63
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $1,949.63
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $1,949.63
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $1,969.13
Fresenius Medicare|All Plans $1,988.63
United Medicare|All Plans $1,998.38
Devoted HP Medicare|All Plans $2,008.12
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $2,049.50
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $2,049.50
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,053.00
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,053.00
United Commercial|Navigate $2,405.00
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $2,732.21
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,788.00
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,788.00
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,047.00
United Commercial|Options $3,093.00
Coventry Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $479.23 $419.33 – $3,216.89
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $646.46 $419.33 – $3,216.89
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $300.97 $419.33 – $3,216.89
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $561.60 $436.80 – $2,924.45
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $5,234.81 $231.02 – $490.78
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $231.02 – $1,949.63
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson not published $1,243.64 – $2,788.18
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson not published $1,243.64 – $1,963.82

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