Brachytx isodose plan simple at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$1,047.07
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.
$2,741.00
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.
$258.56 with United vs $2,741.00 with United — 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 | $258.56 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $380.74 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $390.16 | ↓ -63% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $390.16 | ↓ -63% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $390.16 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $390.16 | ↓ -63% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $390.16 | ↓ -63% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $390.16 | ↓ -63% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $390.16 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $390.16 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $390.16 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $390.16 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $390.16 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $390.16 | ↓ -63% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $429.18 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $520.79 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $782.26 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $806.22 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $806.22 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $837.35 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,034.95 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,074.95 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,101.78 | ↑ +5% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $1,288.27 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $1,507.55 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $1,586.25 | ↑ +51% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $1,644.60 | ↑ +57% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $1,781.65 | ↑ +70% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,918.70 | ↑ +83% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $1,918.70 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,165.39 | ↑ +107% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,741.00 | ↑ +162% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,741.00 | ↑ +162% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $2,741.00 | ↑ +162% |
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Brachytx isodose plan simple at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $469.76 | $245.54 – $764.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $220.24 | $245.54 – $827.20 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $380.09 | $245.54 – $815.20 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $487.08 | $245.54 – $764.25 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $470.78 | $245.54 – $764.25 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $425.94 | $72.99 – $764.25 |