Block tap inj(s) w/wo img uni at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$4,616.47
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.
$12,085.00
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.
$57.58 with United vs $9,547.15 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.
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 | $57.58 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $57.58 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $474.51 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $474.51 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $632.68 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $937.68 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $2,296.15 | ↓ -50% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $5,679.95 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $6,646.75 | ↑ +44% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $7,251.00 | ↑ +57% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $7,855.25 | ↑ +70% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $8,459.50 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,459.50 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,547.15 | ↑ +107% |
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Block tap inj(s) w/wo img uni at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $57.58 – $410.07 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $388.41 | $154.19 – $2,041.00 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $86.08 | $57.58 – $110.20 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $57.58 – $485.85 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | not published | $392.93 – $392.93 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | not published | $57.58 – $410.07 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | not published | $57.58 – $103.39 |