Critical care 30-74 minutes at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$3,656.13
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.
$9,571.00
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.
$185.32 with United vs $9,571.00 with Connected Care — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $185.32 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $185.32 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $514.80 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $514.80 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $686.40 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $876.38 | ↓ -76% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $898.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $898.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $898.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $898.07 | ↓ -75% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $898.07 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $898.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $898.07 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $898.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $898.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $898.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $898.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare|All Plans | $925.01 | ↓ -75% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $987.88 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $1,017.30 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $1,818.49 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,928.00 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,356.00 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,367.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $2,680.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $2,869.00 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,775.00 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,460.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,460.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,460.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $4,498.37 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $5,264.05 | ↑ +44% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $5,742.60 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,955.00 | ↑ +63% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $6,221.15 | ↑ +70% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,316.86 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $6,699.70 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,561.09 | ↑ +107% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $9,571.00 | ↑ +162% |
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Critical care 30-74 minutes at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,880.41 | $502.19 – $5,709.75 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $1,857.57 | $502.19 – $5,709.75 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $2,763.58 | $185.32 – $9,859.56 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $4,476.22 | $185.32 – $18,196.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,906.87 | $502.19 – $6,151.20 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $1,699.27 | $502.19 – $6,151.20 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,811.89 | $502.19 – $5,709.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $1,667.25 | $502.19 – $6,090.40 |