_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$227.68
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.
$596.00
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.
$48.45 with United vs $461.00 with BCBS - AZ — 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 | Commercial|Navigate | $48.45 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $69.22 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $69.22 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $87.59 | ↓ -62% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $115.36 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $115.36 | ↓ -49% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $115.36 | ↓ -49% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $115.36 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $115.36 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $115.36 | ↓ -49% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $115.36 | ↓ -49% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $115.36 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $115.36 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $115.36 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $115.36 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $115.36 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $115.36 | ↓ -49% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $126.90 | ↓ -44% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $216.67 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $239.94 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $253.55 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $256.43 | ↑ +13% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $276.60 | ↑ +21% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $299.65 | ↑ +32% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $322.70 | ↑ +42% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $322.70 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $337.41 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $363.10 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $364.19 | ↑ +60% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $397.61 | ↑ +75% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $397.61 | ↑ +75% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $461.00 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $461.00 | ↑ +102% |
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_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $76.69 | $50.00 – $260.25 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $94.04 | $50.00 – $260.25 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $300.22 | $69.21 – $561.40 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $295.70 | $64.54 – $354.97 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $81.20 | $50.00 – $277.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $61.42 | $50.00 – $277.60 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $201.61 | $50.00 – $260.25 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $63.15 | $50.00 – $277.60 |