Cath segmntl pulm art 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

$326.23

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.

$854.00

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.

$162.26 with United vs $674.66 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.

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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 $162.26 ↓ -50%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $175.23 ↓ -46%
United Medicaid|All Plans $175.23 ↓ -46%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $339.77 ↑ +4%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $339.77 ↑ +4%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $401.38 ↑ +23%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $453.02 ↑ +39%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $469.70 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $512.40 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $555.10 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $597.80 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $597.80 ↑ +83%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $671.42 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $674.66 ↑ +107%

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Cath segmntl pulm art at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $830.92 $182.16 – $4,018.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $898.23 $309.40 – $4,018.00
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $175.23 – $293.63
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $879.21 $175.23 – $2,751.98
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $999.70 $367.20 – $2,041.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $1,451.36 $281.36 – $2,041.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $529.07 $309.40 – $4,018.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $670.77 $309.40 – $4,018.00

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