Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center

350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2,709.15

Cash price

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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.

$7,092.00

Gross charge

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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.

$123.69 with United vs $1,870.50 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $123.69 ↓ -95%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $305.97 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $358.05 ↓ -87%
Other Commercial|NTN $390.60 ↓ -86%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $423.15 ↓ -84%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $455.70 ↓ -83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $455.70 ↓ -83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $514.29 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $651.00 ↓ -76%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $651.00 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $651.00 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Navigate $651.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $651.00 ↓ -76%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $651.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $651.00 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Options PPO $651.00 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $651.00 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $651.00 ↓ -76%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $651.00 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $651.00 ↓ -76%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $651.00 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $651.00 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $651.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $651.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $651.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $651.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $651.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $651.00 ↓ -76%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $651.00 ↓ -76%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $651.00 ↓ -76%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $651.00 ↓ -76%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $651.00 ↓ -76%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $716.10 ↓ -74%
United Medicaid|All Plans $1,870.50 ↓ -31%

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Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,527.53 $1,824.88 – $4,106.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $1,023.82 $1,824.88 – $4,106.25
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $1,795.69 $1,021.94 – $5,620.64
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,330.42 $1,824.88 – $4,380.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $936.22 $1,824.88 – $4,380.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $1,193.55 $1,824.88 – $4,106.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $1,242.83 $1,824.88 – $4,380.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $865.05 $1,824.88 – $4,106.25

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