Artery x-rays lung at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$3,859.73
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.
$10,104.00
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.
$141.62 with United vs $9,149.79 with Cigna — 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 | $141.62 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $334.00 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $334.00 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $445.34 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $503.95 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $657.16 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $1,919.76 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $3,273.65 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,354.67 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,354.67 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $3,354.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,354.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $3,354.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $3,354.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,354.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $3,354.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,354.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,354.67 | ↓ -13% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $3,354.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,354.67 | ↓ -13% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $3,690.14 | ↓ -4% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $4,748.88 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $5,557.20 | ↑ +44% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $6,062.40 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $6,496.35 | ↑ +68% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $6,567.60 | ↑ +70% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $6,833.27 | ↑ +77% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,833.27 | ↑ +77% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,833.27 | ↑ +77% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $6,953.84 | ↑ +80% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $7,072.80 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,072.80 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,982.16 | ↑ +107% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,149.79 | ↑ +137% |
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Artery x-rays lung at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,038.75 | $129.57 – $5,535.21 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $969.83 | $333.05 – $5,535.21 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $2,585.96 | $141.62 – $8,094.24 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $937.24 | $184.23 – $5,535.21 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $1,163.99 | $184.23 – $5,535.21 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,033.83 | $333.05 – $5,535.21 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $1,033.83 | $184.23 – $5,032.01 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $1,137.21 | $129.57 – $5,535.21 |