Aqueous shunt eye without graft at Arizona General Hospital Laveen

7171 S 51st Ave, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1154748416

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

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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.

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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.

$1,127.92 with Health Choice vs $7,907.20 with BCBS - AZ — 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
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $1,127.92
United Medicaid|All Plans $1,127.92
Mercy Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,127.92
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,005.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,005.00
United Commercial|Navigate $5,114.00
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5,499.32
Mercy Care Medicare|All Plans $5,499.32
WellCare Medicare|All Plans $5,499.32
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $5,499.32
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $5,499.32
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $5,554.32
Fresenius Medicare|All Plans $5,609.31
United Medicare|All Plans $5,636.81
Devoted HP Medicare|All Plans $5,664.30
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $5,931.40
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $5,931.40
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,477.00
United Commercial|Options $6,612.00
Cigna Commercial|PPO $6,694.00
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,694.00
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $7,907.20
Coventry Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Aqueous shunt eye without graft at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix not published $1,127.92 – $5,664.30
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $1,127.92 – $5,499.32
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson not published $2,840.36 – $8,069.19
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson not published $2,840.36 – $5,683.43
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott not published $1,127.92 – $5,829.28
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $1,127.92 – $5,664.30
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler not published $1,017.80 – $1,043.25

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