X-ray skull < 4 views at Arizona General Hospital Laveen
7171 S 51st Ave, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1154748416
$188.47
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.
$823.00
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.
$37.91 with United vs $672.40 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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| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $37.91 | ↓ -80% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $37.91 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $37.91 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $70.05 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $70.05 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $93.39 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $113.34 | ↓ -40% |
| Mercy Care | Medicare|All Plans | $113.34 | ↓ -40% |
| WellCare | Medicare|All Plans | $113.34 | ↓ -40% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $113.34 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $113.34 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $114.48 | ↓ -39% |
| Fresenius | Medicare|All Plans | $115.61 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $116.18 | ↓ -38% |
| Devoted HP | Medicare|All Plans | $116.75 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $235.68 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $235.68 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $235.68 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $262.90 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $262.90 | ↑ +39% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $383.01 | ↑ +103% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $383.01 | ↑ +103% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $436.19 | ↑ +131% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $672.40 | ↑ +257% |
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X-ray skull < 4 views at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $95.32 | $42.65 – $253.50 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $88.22 | $79.00 – $253.50 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $226.53 | $37.91 – $468.47 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $134.07 | $30.52 – $167.86 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $144.00 | $49.13 – $384.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $147.84 | $49.13 – $384.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $97.34 | $79.00 – $253.50 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $198.03 | $33.99 – $236.60 |