Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site 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

$100.78

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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.

$408.00

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.

$51.22 with BCBS - AZ vs $333.34 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

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
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $51.22 ↓ -49%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $51.22 ↓ -49%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $58.65 ↓ -42%
Mercy Care Medicaid|All Plans $58.65 ↓ -42%
United Medicaid|All Plans $58.65 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $61.47 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $61.47 ↓ -39%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $68.28 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $91.11 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $91.11 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|Options $97.64 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $97.64 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Navigate $97.64 ↓ -3%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $182.64 ↑ +81%
Mercy Care Medicare|All Plans $182.64 ↑ +81%
WellCare Medicare|All Plans $182.64 ↑ +81%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $182.64 ↑ +81%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $182.64 ↑ +81%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $184.47 ↑ +83%
Fresenius Medicare|All Plans $186.30 ↑ +85%
United Medicare|All Plans $187.21 ↑ +86%
Devoted HP Medicare|All Plans $188.12 ↑ +87%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $216.24 ↑ +115%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $333.34 ↑ +231%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $77.75 $37.48 – $301.36
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $101.84 $37.48 – $301.36
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $19.71 $37.48 – $301.36
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $211.32 $43.71 – $562.87
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $90.16 $31.78 – $301.36
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $89.42 $41.64 – $301.36
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $86.14 $41.64 – $301.36
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $213.85 $25.32 – $255.50

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