Lymphocytotoxicity assay 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

$50.89

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.

$206.00

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.

$28.55 with United vs $231.60 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 $28.55 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|Navigate $28.55 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $28.55 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $47.59 ↓ -6%
Mercy Care Medicare|All Plans $47.59 ↓ -6%
WellCare Medicare|All Plans $47.59 ↓ -6%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $47.59 ↓ -6%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $47.59 ↓ -6%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $48.07 ↓ -6%
Fresenius Medicare|All Plans $48.55 ↓ -5%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $48.78 ↓ -4%
Mercy Care Medicaid|All Plans $48.78 ↓ -4%
United Medicaid|All Plans $48.78 ↓ -4%
United Medicare|All Plans $48.78 ↓ -4%
Devoted HP Medicare|All Plans $49.02 ↓ -4%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $109.18 ↑ +115%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $111.81 ↑ +120%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $111.81 ↑ +120%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $139.19 ↑ +174%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $139.19 ↑ +174%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $149.06 ↑ +193%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $168.31 ↑ +231%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $231.60 ↑ +355%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $231.60 ↑ +355%

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Lymphocytotoxicity assay at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $47.18 $28.55 – $231.60

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