Cystatin c 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

$17.41

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.

$70.48

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.

$11.11 with United vs $90.11 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 $11.11 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Navigate $11.11 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.11 ↓ -36%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.52 ↑ +6%
Mercy Care Medicare|All Plans $18.52 ↑ +6%
WellCare Medicare|All Plans $18.52 ↑ +6%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $18.52 ↑ +6%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $18.52 ↑ +6%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $18.71 ↑ +7%
Fresenius Medicare|All Plans $18.90 ↑ +9%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $18.98 ↑ +9%
Mercy Care Medicaid|All Plans $18.98 ↑ +9%
United Medicaid|All Plans $18.98 ↑ +9%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.99 ↑ +9%
Devoted HP Medicare|All Plans $19.08 ↑ +10%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $37.36 ↑ +115%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $38.40 ↑ +121%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $38.40 ↑ +121%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $51.20 ↑ +194%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $54.18 ↑ +211%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $54.18 ↑ +211%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $57.59 ↑ +231%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $90.11 ↑ +418%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $90.11 ↑ +418%

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Cystatin c at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $7.11 $18.52 – $42.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $8.40 $18.52 – $42.00
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $4.70 $18.52 – $42.00
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $18.23 $10.38 – $57.05
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $8.96 $18.52 – $42.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $9.07 $18.52 – $44.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $8.74 $18.52 – $44.80
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $8.46 $18.52 – $44.80

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