X-ray spine single view 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

$115.11

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.

$466.00

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.

$25.39 with United vs $380.73 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 Medicaid|All Plans $25.39 ↓ -78%
Mercy Care Medicaid|All Plans $25.39 ↓ -78%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $25.39 ↓ -78%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $42.68 ↓ -63%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $42.68 ↓ -63%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $56.89 ↓ -51%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $93.85 ↓ -18%
Mercy Care Medicare|All Plans $93.85 ↓ -18%
WellCare Medicare|All Plans $93.85 ↓ -18%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $93.85 ↓ -18%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $93.85 ↓ -18%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $94.79 ↓ -18%
Fresenius Medicare|All Plans $95.73 ↓ -17%
United Medicare|All Plans $96.20 ↓ -16%
Devoted HP Medicare|All Plans $96.67 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $162.23 ↑ +41%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $162.23 ↑ +41%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $194.80 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|Navigate $194.80 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|Options $194.80 ↑ +69%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $246.98 ↑ +115%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $311.33 ↑ +170%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $311.33 ↑ +170%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $380.73 ↑ +231%

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X-ray spine single view at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $69.98 $58.65 – $182.25
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $68.04 $58.65 – $182.25
Banner Heart Hospital Mesa $100.84 $56.00 – $182.25
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $129.65 $25.39 – $162.47
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $68.53 $25.98 – $182.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $96.00 $33.58 – $256.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $98.56 $33.58 – $256.00
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $142.37 $20.70 – $170.10

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