Cine/video x-rays add-on at Arizona General Hospital Laveen
7171 S 51st Ave, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1154748416
$97.56
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.
$426.00
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.
$16.27 with Health Choice vs $348.05 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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| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.27 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.27 | ↓ -83% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.27 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $22.18 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $22.18 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29.57 | ↓ -70% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $225.78 | ↑ +131% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $274.98 | ↑ +182% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $274.98 | ↑ +182% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $348.05 | ↑ +257% |
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Cine/video x-rays add-on at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $154.25 | $35.52 – $443.25 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $132.94 | $16.27 – $274.92 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $165.48 | $35.52 – $443.25 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $138.88 | $35.52 – $443.25 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $175.53 | $35.52 – $443.25 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | Apache Junction | $112.29 | $22.42 – $443.25 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $75.79 | $34.03 – $128.70 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $151.30 | $13.82 – $443.25 |