Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination at Arizona General Hospital Mesa
9130 E Elliot Rd, Mesa, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689121188
$1,037.16
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.
$4,199.00
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.
$30.97 with United vs $1,032.69 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.
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 | $30.97 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $30.97 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $30.97 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $56.95 | ↓ -95% |
| Mercy Care | Medicare|All Plans | $56.95 | ↓ -95% |
| WellCare | Medicare|All Plans | $56.95 | ↓ -95% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $56.95 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $56.95 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $57.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Fresenius | Medicare|All Plans | $58.09 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $58.38 | ↓ -94% |
| Devoted HP | Medicare|All Plans | $58.66 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $75.46 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $75.46 | ↓ -93% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $75.46 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $88.53 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $88.53 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $103.10 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $103.10 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $118.02 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $160.03 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $160.03 | ↓ -85% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $669.92 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,032.69 | ↓ -0% |
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Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $111.76 | $36.08 – $282.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $133.10 | $36.08 – $282.00 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $54.36 | $36.08 – $282.00 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $1,002.95 | $31.92 – $175.56 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $141.22 | $36.08 – $282.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $71.02 | $36.08 – $127.20 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $75.31 | $36.08 – $127.20 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $111.25 | $36.08 – $300.80 |