Contrast x-ray of knee joint at Arizona General Hospital Mesa
9130 E Elliot Rd, Mesa, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689121188
$409.28
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.
$1,657.00
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.
$115.87 with United vs $1,353.77 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.
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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| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $115.87 | ↓ -72% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $115.87 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $115.87 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $198.45 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $198.45 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $264.56 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $380.64 | ↓ -7% |
| Mercy Care | Medicare|All Plans | $380.64 | ↓ -7% |
| WellCare | Medicare|All Plans | $380.64 | ↓ -7% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $380.64 | ↓ -7% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $380.64 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $384.45 | ↓ -6% |
| Fresenius | Medicare|All Plans | $388.26 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $390.16 | ↓ -5% |
| Devoted HP | Medicare|All Plans | $392.06 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $824.44 | ↑ +101% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $824.44 | ↑ +101% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $824.44 | ↑ +101% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $878.21 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,179.52 | ↑ +188% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,179.52 | ↑ +188% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,320.24 | ↑ +223% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,320.24 | ↑ +223% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,353.77 | ↑ +231% |
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Contrast x-ray of knee joint at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $115.60 | $220.20 – $1,580.51 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $354.15 | $220.20 – $1,580.51 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $291.58 | $220.20 – $1,580.51 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $338.01 | $125.47 – $1,580.51 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $227.85 | $155.00 – $1,863.61 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $229.07 | $155.00 – $1,863.61 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $265.52 | $220.20 – $1,580.51 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $270.66 | $188.87 – $1,516.98 |