Brain biopsy w/ct/mr guide at Arizona General Hospital Mesa
9130 E Elliot Rd, Mesa, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689121188
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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.
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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.
$1,463.01 with Mercy Care vs $8,204.55 with BCBS - AZ — 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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| Mercy Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,463.01 | — |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,463.01 | — |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,463.01 | — |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $3,193.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,044.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|Options | $4,110.00 | — |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $6,154.45 | — |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $6,154.45 | — |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,204.55 | — |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Brain biopsy w/ct/mr guide at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $2,159.40 | $936.00 – $9,813.71 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $2,183.80 | $936.00 – $4,640.00 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $2,354.60 | $936.00 – $9,813.71 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $2,360.70 | $936.00 – $9,813.71 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $1,872.70 | $936.00 – $9,813.71 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $1,159.00 | $936.00 – $6,195.53 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $2,039.44 | $936.00 – $3,816.00 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $2,149.58 | $1,463.01 – $2,752.15 |