Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at Arizona General Hospital Laveen
7171 S 51st Ave, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1154748416
$80.15
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.
$350.00
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.
$7.57 with Mercy Care vs $285.95 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 | $7.57 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $7.57 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $7.57 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13.97 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $13.97 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $19.32 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.32 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $26.30 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $26.30 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $35.07 | ↓ -56% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $185.50 | ↑ +131% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $285.95 | ↑ +257% |
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Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $46.61 | $4.94 – $20.54 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $86.10 | $7.56 – $46.97 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $87.56 | $7.57 – $65.55 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $86.45 | $7.57 – $285.95 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | $93.80 | $7.56 – $46.97 |