Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution 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

$6,313.99

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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.

$27,572.00

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.

$876.99 with Mercy Care vs $22,526.33 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
Mercy Care Medicaid|All Plans $876.99 ↓ -86%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $876.99 ↓ -86%
United Medicaid|All Plans $876.99 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $890.82 ↓ -86%
Mercy Care Medicare|All Plans $890.82 ↓ -86%
WellCare Medicare|All Plans $890.82 ↓ -86%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $890.82 ↓ -86%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $890.82 ↓ -86%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $899.73 ↓ -86%
Fresenius Medicare|All Plans $908.64 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $913.10 ↓ -86%
Devoted HP Medicare|All Plans $917.55 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,428.00 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,428.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,267.80 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,267.80 ↓ -32%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $4,804.92 ↓ -24%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $4,804.92 ↓ -24%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $6,405.48 ↑ +1%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $14,613.16 ↑ +131%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $22,526.33 ↑ +257%

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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $4,956.45 $165.87 – $899.19
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $6,782.72 $876.99 – $21,230.44
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $2,431.54 $876.99 – $2,785.45
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $6,810.29 $876.99 – $22,526.33
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $497.14 $259.70 – $1,558.20

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