MRI chest without contrast at Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East)

1003 Willow Creek Rd, Prescott, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1902897820

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$4,811.87

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.

$6,485.00

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.

$130.90 with Cigna vs $382.64 with Health Choice — 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
Cigna Commercial|IFP $130.90 ↓ -97%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Plans $131.06 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $133.98 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Choice $133.98 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $134.45 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $138.60 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $138.60 ↓ -97%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $146.30 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $149.38 ↓ -97%
United Mine Workers of America Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -97%
Arizona Medical Network Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -97%
Wellcare by Allwell Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -97%
Banner Health Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -97%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicare|Allwell $154.00 ↓ -97%
Bridgeway Health Solutions Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -97%
Cigna Health Spring Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -97%
Health Choice Pathway Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -97%
Health Management Network Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -97%
Rural Arizona Network Medicare|All Plans $154.00 ↓ -97%
United Medicare|All Plans $157.85 ↓ -97%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $158.62 ↓ -97%
Imperial Insurance Medicare|All Plans $161.70 ↓ -97%
WellCare Medicare|All Plans $161.70 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $163.24 ↓ -97%
Banner Health Medicaid|All Plans $364.41 ↓ -92%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $364.41 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $364.41 ↓ -92%
ACCHS Medicaid|All Plans $364.41 ↓ -92%
Arizona Complete Health Medicaid|All Plans $364.41 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|All Plans $364.41 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $364.41 ↓ -92%
Mercy Care Medicaid|All Plans $382.64 ↓ -92%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $382.64 ↓ -92%

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Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $600.98 $257.63 – $1,881.11
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $327.94 $166.84 – $1,281.00
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