Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated 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

$39.52

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.

$160.00

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.

$1.62 with United vs $130.72 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 $1.62 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Navigate $1.62 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.62 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -93%
Mercy Care Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -93%
WellCare Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -93%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -93%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -93%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $2.73 ↓ -93%
Fresenius Medicare|All Plans $2.76 ↓ -93%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $2.77 ↓ -93%
Mercy Care Medicaid|All Plans $2.77 ↓ -93%
United Medicaid|All Plans $2.77 ↓ -93%
United Medicare|All Plans $2.77 ↓ -93%
Devoted HP Medicare|All Plans $2.79 ↓ -93%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $5.60 ↓ -86%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $5.60 ↓ -86%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $7.47 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7.92 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7.92 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $13.17 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.17 ↓ -67%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $84.80 ↑ +115%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $130.72 ↑ +231%

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Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $4.05 $2.70 – $6.75
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $53.14 $2.70 – $166.32
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $5.27 $2.70 – $6.30
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler $2.49 $2.70 – $6.75
Banner Payson Medical Center Payson $4.45 $2.70 – $8.10
Banner Page Hospital Page $4.93 $2.70 – $8.55
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $36.64 $1.62 – $130.72
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $71.44 $1.13 – $147.73

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