2d tte w or without fol w/con,co 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

$1,249.91

Cash price

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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.

$3,272.00

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.

$531.47 with United vs $2,584.88 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 $531.47 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $621.68 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|Navigate $729.00 ↓ -42%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $817.55 ↓ -35%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $817.55 ↓ -35%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $821.73 ↓ -34%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $842.06 ↓ -33%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $842.06 ↓ -33%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $842.06 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $842.06 ↓ -33%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $842.06 ↓ -33%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $842.06 ↓ -33%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $842.06 ↓ -33%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $842.06 ↓ -33%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $842.06 ↓ -33%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $842.06 ↓ -33%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $842.06 ↓ -33%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $842.06 ↓ -33%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $926.27 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,073.00 ↓ -14%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $1,090.07 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,322.00 ↑ +6%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $1,537.84 ↑ +23%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $1,608.56 ↑ +29%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $1,799.60 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $1,963.20 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $2,126.80 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $2,290.40 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,290.40 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,584.88 ↑ +107%

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2d tte w or without fol w/con,co at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $725.25 $511.24 – $2,587.44
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $345.39 $196.56 – $1,081.08
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $782.25 $511.24 – $2,587.44
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $376.28 $196.56 – $1,179.36

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