Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at Arizona General Hospital Laveen
7171 S 51st Ave, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1154748416
$775.63
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.
$3,387.00
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.
$199.19 with Mercy Care vs $2,767.18 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.
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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| Mercy Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $199.19 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $199.19 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $199.19 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $257.63 | ↓ -67% |
| Mercy Care | Medicare|All Plans | $257.63 | ↓ -67% |
| WellCare | Medicare|All Plans | $257.63 | ↓ -67% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $257.63 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $257.63 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $260.21 | ↓ -66% |
| Fresenius | Medicare|All Plans | $262.79 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $264.08 | ↓ -66% |
| Devoted HP | Medicare|All Plans | $265.36 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $745.14 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $745.14 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $836.78 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $836.78 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $993.36 | ↑ +28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,243.03 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,243.03 | ↑ +60% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $1,795.11 | ↑ +131% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,767.18 | ↑ +257% |
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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $511.78 | $166.84 – $1,443.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $434.82 | $166.84 – $1,443.00 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $1,034.84 | $199.19 – $2,130.30 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $624.60 | $199.19 – $1,955.03 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $278.89 | $166.84 – $701.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $256.08 | $166.84 – $701.60 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $344.40 | $166.84 – $1,443.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $352.09 | $166.84 – $1,539.20 |