Catheter stripping venous 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

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$185.96 with United vs $6,477.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
United Medicaid|All Plans $185.96
Mercy Care Medicaid|All Plans $185.96
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $185.96
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $2,049.50
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $2,049.50
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,053.00
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,053.00
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $2,732.21
United Commercial|Navigate $2,788.00
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67
Mercy Care Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67
WellCare Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $3,388.22
Fresenius Medicare|All Plans $3,421.77
United Medicare|All Plans $3,438.54
Devoted HP Medicare|All Plans $3,455.32
United Commercial|Options $3,592.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,005.00
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,005.00
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,477.00
Coventry Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Catheter stripping venous at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,409.80 $1,271.44 – $5,535.21
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $1,524.01 $1,378.30 – $5,535.21
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $3,490.72 $185.96 – $7,219.02
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $3,332.57 $185.96 – $10,431.19
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,429.49 $1,378.30 – $5,535.21
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $2,075.33 $1,378.30 – $5,535.21
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $1,346.80 $1,378.30 – $5,535.21
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $1,138.08 $1,378.30 – $5,535.21

All Arizona hospitals for this procedure →