Biopsy, bone open deep at Arizona General Hospital Laveen
7171 S 51st Ave, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1154748416
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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.
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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.
$358.33 with United vs $3,592.00 with United — 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 | Medicaid|All Plans | $358.33 | — |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $358.33 | — |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $358.33 | — |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $2,346.10 | — |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $2,346.10 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $2,595.00 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,595.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $2,788.00 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,050.43 | — |
| Mercy Care | Medicare|All Plans | $3,050.43 | — |
| WellCare | Medicare|All Plans | $3,050.43 | — |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $3,050.43 | — |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $3,050.43 | — |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $3,080.94 | — |
| Fresenius | Medicare|All Plans | $3,111.44 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,126.70 | — |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,127.61 | — |
| Devoted HP | Medicare|All Plans | $3,141.95 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,239.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,239.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,533.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|Options | $3,592.00 | — |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Biopsy, bone open deep at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | not published | $1,455.44 – $1,718.26 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | not published | $358.33 – $3,141.94 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $531.28 | $358.33 – $758.96 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $358.33 – $3,050.43 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | not published | $1,718.26 – $3,191.68 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | not published | $1,718.26 – $2,248.02 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | not published | $1,718.26 – $3,741.03 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | not published | $1,455.44 – $1,718.26 |