Heinz bodies induced at Arizona General Hospital Mesa
9130 E Elliot Rd, Mesa, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689121188
$6.18
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.
$25.00
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.
$4.09 with United vs $33.21 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.
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 | Commercial|Options | $4.09 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $4.09 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.09 | ↓ -34% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6.82 | ↑ +10% |
| Mercy Care | Medicare|All Plans | $6.82 | ↑ +10% |
| WellCare | Medicare|All Plans | $6.82 | ↑ +10% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $6.82 | ↑ +10% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $6.82 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $6.89 | ↑ +11% |
| Fresenius | Medicare|All Plans | $6.96 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.99 | ↑ +13% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.99 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.99 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Devoted HP | Medicare|All Plans | $7.03 | ↑ +14% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $13.25 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $14.14 | ↑ +129% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $14.14 | ↑ +129% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.86 | ↑ +205% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $19.94 | ↑ +223% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.94 | ↑ +223% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $20.43 | ↑ +231% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $33.21 | ↑ +437% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $33.21 | ↑ +437% |
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Heinz bodies induced at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $49.15 | $6.82 – $153.82 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $5.73 | $4.09 – $33.21 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | $53.54 | $4.09 – $167.80 |