Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$1,233.86
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.
$3,230.00
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.
$434.34 with United vs $2,286.00 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 | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $434.34 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $540.40 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $891.54 | ↓ -28% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $1,074.42 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $1,257.30 | ↑ +2% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $1,280.16 | ↑ +4% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $1,371.60 | ↑ +11% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $1,485.90 | ↑ +20% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,600.20 | ↑ +30% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $1,600.20 | ↑ +30% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,805.94 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $2,286.00 | ↑ +85% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $2,286.00 | ↑ +85% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $2,286.00 | ↑ +85% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,286.00 | ↑ +85% |
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Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $165.32 | $94.08 – $672.00 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | $180.10 | $94.08 – $672.00 |