Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) 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

$443.89

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.

$1,162.00

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.

$27.89 with Health Choice vs $616.20 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
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $27.89 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|All Plans $27.89 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $148.20 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|Navigate $162.00 ↓ -64%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $164.11 ↓ -63%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $168.18 ↓ -62%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $168.18 ↓ -62%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $168.18 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $168.18 ↓ -62%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $168.18 ↓ -62%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $168.18 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $168.18 ↓ -62%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $168.18 ↓ -62%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $168.18 ↓ -62%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $168.18 ↓ -62%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $168.18 ↓ -62%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $173.23 ↓ -61%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $185.00 ↓ -58%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $245.87 ↓ -45%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $245.87 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $280.00 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $300.00 ↓ -32%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $327.82 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $354.00 ↓ -20%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $366.60 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $395.00 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $429.00 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Options PPO $434.00 ↓ -2%
Other Commercial|NTN $468.00 ↑ +5%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $485.86 ↑ +9%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $491.40 ↑ +11%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $507.00 ↑ +14%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $546.00 ↑ +23%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $546.00 ↑ +23%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $616.20 ↑ +39%

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Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $203.06 $52.20 – $195.75
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $27.89 – $173.23
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $230.26 $27.89 – $360.36
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $103.03 $51.00 – $289.07
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $150.53 $52.20 – $338.82
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $94.53 $52.20 – $258.71
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $176.40 $52.20 – $198.42
Banner Payson Medical Center Payson $183.29 $87.10 – $192.60

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