Application of paste boot 29580 at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$335.78
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.
$879.00
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.
$27.54 with United vs $485.86 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 | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.54 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.54 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $111.34 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $164.11 | ↓ -51% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $168.18 | ↓ -50% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $168.18 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $168.18 | ↓ -50% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $168.18 | ↓ -50% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $168.18 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $168.18 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $168.18 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $168.18 | ↓ -50% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $168.18 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $168.18 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $168.18 | ↓ -50% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare|All Plans | $173.23 | ↓ -48% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $185.00 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $245.87 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $245.87 | ↓ -27% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $275.42 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $322.30 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $327.82 | ↓ -2% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $351.60 | ↑ +5% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $380.90 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $410.20 | ↑ +22% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $410.20 | ↑ +22% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $462.94 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $485.86 | ↑ +45% |
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Application of paste boot 29580 at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $217.56 | $56.00 – $210.00 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $27.54 – $173.23 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $161.28 | $56.00 – $338.82 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $101.29 | $56.00 – $258.71 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $189.00 | $56.00 – $210.00 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $100.50 | $47.62 – $105.30 |
| Banner Page Hospital | Page | $174.76 | $24.42 – $107.59 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $815.46 | $27.54 – $147.34 |