Br punct aspir ea add, l at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$433.96
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.
$1,136.00
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.
$21.81 with Health Choice vs $1,749.76 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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| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.81 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.81 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $194.56 | ↓ -55% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $481.28 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $563.20 | ↑ +30% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $614.40 | ↑ +42% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $665.60 | ↑ +53% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $716.80 | ↑ +65% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $716.80 | ↑ +65% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $749.76 | ↑ +73% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $808.96 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $885.46 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $885.46 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,180.61 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $1,749.76 | ↑ +303% |
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Br punct aspir ea add, l at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $177.57 | $99.20 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $191.95 | $99.20 – $4,018.00 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $21.81 – $765.22 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $125.96 | $69.40 – $2,041.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $169.63 | $99.20 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $143.34 | $99.20 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $137.39 | $99.20 – $1,851.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $158.22 | $99.20 – $4,018.00 |