Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$102.00
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.
$267.00
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.
$10.32 with United vs $210.93 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.
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|Navigate | $10.32 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $14.74 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.74 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $50.73 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $52.16 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $55.75 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $56.54 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $56.54 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $57.22 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $73.35 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $73.46 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $75.38 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $111.24 | ↑ +9% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $125.49 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $146.85 | ↑ +44% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $160.20 | ↑ +57% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $173.55 | ↑ +70% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $186.90 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $186.90 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $210.93 | ↑ +107% |
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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $30.02 | $12.26 – $81.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $26.68 | $12.26 – $81.00 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $52.90 | $14.73 – $188.73 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $70.11 | $29.47 – $219.45 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $21.46 | $12.26 – $64.80 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $22.76 | $12.26 – $64.80 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $23.76 | $12.26 – $81.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $23.65 | $12.26 – $86.40 |