Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center

350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$12.99

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$34.00

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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.

$0.85 with Health Choice vs $20.54 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

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

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
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $0.85 ↓ -93%
United Medicaid|All Plans $0.85 ↓ -93%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $1.41 ↓ -89%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $1.41 ↓ -89%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $1.41 ↓ -89%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $1.41 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $2.60 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $2.79 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3.68 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $4.94 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5.18 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5.18 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5.18 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $7.19 ↓ -45%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $9.88 ↓ -24%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $12.22 ↓ -6%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $14.30 ↑ +10%
Other Commercial|NTN $15.60 ↑ +20%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $16.90 ↑ +30%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17.16 ↑ +32%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $18.20 ↑ +40%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.54 ↑ +58%

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Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $16.49 $0.85 – $58.83
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $34.88 $0.85 – $37.05
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $17.79 $0.85 – $58.83

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