Culture fungi skin/hair/nail 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

$49.90

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.

$202.00

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.

$4.62 with United vs $165.04 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.

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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 $4.62 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Navigate $4.62 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.62 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7.71 ↓ -85%
Mercy Care Medicare|All Plans $7.71 ↓ -85%
WellCare Medicare|All Plans $7.71 ↓ -85%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $7.71 ↓ -85%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $7.71 ↓ -85%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $7.79 ↓ -84%
Fresenius Medicare|All Plans $7.87 ↓ -84%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $7.90 ↓ -84%
Mercy Care Medicaid|All Plans $7.90 ↓ -84%
United Medicaid|All Plans $7.90 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.91 ↓ -84%
Devoted HP Medicare|All Plans $7.95 ↓ -84%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $15.98 ↓ -68%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $15.98 ↓ -68%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $21.31 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $22.55 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.55 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $37.50 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $37.50 ↓ -25%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $107.06 ↑ +115%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $165.04 ↑ +231%

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Culture fungi skin/hair/nail at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $13.16 $7.71 – $44.25
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $14.40 $7.71 – $44.25
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $9.68 $7.71 – $44.25
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $105.29 $7.71 – $329.56
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $13.04 $7.71 – $44.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $13.81 $7.71 – $47.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $9.85 $7.71 – $47.20
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $10.74 $7.71 – $47.20

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