X-ray neck soft tissue 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

$151.14

Cash price

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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.

$660.00

Gross charge

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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.

$32.90 with United vs $539.22 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Medicaid|All Plans $32.90 ↓ -78%
Mercy Care Medicaid|All Plans $32.90 ↓ -78%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $32.90 ↓ -78%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $58.10 ↓ -62%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $58.10 ↓ -62%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $77.45 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $93.85 ↓ -38%
Mercy Care Medicare|All Plans $93.85 ↓ -38%
WellCare Medicare|All Plans $93.85 ↓ -38%
Alignment Health Medicare|All Plans $93.85 ↓ -38%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $93.85 ↓ -38%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $94.79 ↓ -37%
Fresenius Medicare|All Plans $95.73 ↓ -37%
United Medicare|All Plans $96.20 ↓ -36%
Devoted HP Medicare|All Plans $96.67 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $194.80 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Navigate $194.80 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Options $194.80 ↑ +29%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $220.72 ↑ +46%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $220.72 ↑ +46%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $311.33 ↑ +106%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $311.33 ↑ +106%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $349.80 ↑ +131%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $539.22 ↑ +257%

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X-ray neck soft tissue at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $87.14 $35.36 – $231.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $80.65 $58.65 – $231.75
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix $269.31 $32.90 – $556.95
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $174.91 $32.90 – $219.45
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $151.80 $43.22 – $404.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $155.85 $43.22 – $404.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $88.99 $58.65 – $231.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $75.40 $58.65 – $247.20

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