Electron microscopy diagnostic at Arizona General Hospital Laveen
7171 S 51st Ave, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1154748416
$659.30
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.
$2,879.00
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.
$345.15 with BCBS - AZ vs $2,352.15 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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| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $345.15 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $345.15 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $460.12 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $491.57 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $491.57 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $491.57 | ↓ -25% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $507.46 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $507.46 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $507.46 | ↓ -23% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $870.67 | ↑ +32% |
| Mercy Care | Medicare|All Plans | $870.67 | ↑ +32% |
| WellCare | Medicare|All Plans | $870.67 | ↑ +32% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $870.67 | ↑ +32% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $870.67 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $879.38 | ↑ +33% |
| Fresenius | Medicare|All Plans | $888.09 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $892.44 | ↑ +35% |
| Devoted HP | Medicare|All Plans | $896.80 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,175.58 | ↑ +78% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,175.58 | ↑ +78% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $1,525.87 | ↑ +131% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,784.60 | ↑ +171% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,784.60 | ↑ +171% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,352.15 | ↑ +257% |
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Electron microscopy diagnostic at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $475.94 | $214.12 – $1,436.61 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $422.86 | $475.71 – $1,436.61 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $1,330.51 | $94.24 – $496.00 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $856.82 | $408.92 – $2,391.66 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $453.68 | $469.55 – $1,436.61 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $481.07 | $330.72 – $1,436.61 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $376.64 | $475.71 – $1,436.61 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $374.93 | $420.25 – $1,436.61 |