Tc-99m mertiatide at Arizona General Hospital Laveen
7171 S 51st Ave, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1154748416
$680.13
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.
$2,970.00
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.
$905.32 with Mercy Care vs $2,426.49 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 | $905.32 | ↑ +33% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $905.32 | ↑ +33% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $905.32 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $1,362.22 | ↑ +100% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $1,362.22 | ↑ +100% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $1,574.10 | ↑ +131% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,815.99 | ↑ +167% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,426.49 | ↑ +257% |
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Tc-99m mertiatide at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $409.55 | $228.80 – $1,740.55 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $233.80 | $233.80 – $4,473.87 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $488.96 | $100.00 – $1,280.00 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $730.62 | $100.00 – $2,970.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $320.00 | $256.00 – $3,816.91 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $347.98 | $254.00 – $4,473.87 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $133.95 | $141.00 – $3,416.11 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $172.13 | $190.20 – $2,620.00 |