Bundled special stain group 2 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

$88.43

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.

$358.00

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.

$34.96 with United vs $325.00 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
United Commercial|Options $34.96 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $34.96 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Navigate $34.96 ↓ -60%
Mercy Care Medicaid|All Plans $86.90 ↓ -2%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $86.90 ↓ -2%
United Medicaid|All Plans $86.90 ↓ -2%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $106.00 ↑ +20%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↑ +55%
Mercy Care Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↑ +55%
WellCare Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↑ +55%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↑ +55%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↑ +55%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $138.76 ↑ +57%
Fresenius Medicare|All Plans $140.13 ↑ +58%
United Medicare|All Plans $140.82 ↑ +59%
Devoted HP Medicare|All Plans $141.51 ↑ +60%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $144.53 ↑ +63%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $144.53 ↑ +63%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $163.40 ↑ +85%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $192.67 ↑ +118%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $207.18 ↑ +134%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $207.18 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $325.00 ↑ +268%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $325.00 ↑ +268%

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $67.98 $24.53 – $226.68
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $80.96 $24.53 – $226.68
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $33.06 $24.53 – $226.68
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $461.73 $69.94 – $423.50
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $85.90 $24.53 – $226.68
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $72.88 $24.53 – $226.68
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