CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear without contrast 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

$1,323.63

Cash price

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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.

$3,465.00

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.

$110.60 with United vs $2,737.35 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 Medicare|Dual Complete $110.60 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $113.34 ↓ -91%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $113.34 ↓ -91%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $113.34 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $113.34 ↓ -91%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $113.34 ↓ -91%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $113.34 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $113.34 ↓ -91%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $113.34 ↓ -91%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $113.34 ↓ -91%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $113.34 ↓ -91%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $113.34 ↓ -91%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $113.34 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $116.74 ↓ -91%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $124.67 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|All Plans $171.30 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Options PPO $235.69 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $235.69 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Navigate $235.69 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $658.35 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $748.58 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $1,018.00 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $1,090.00 ↓ -18%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $1,151.00 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,214.80 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,214.80 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,214.80 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,434.00 ↑ +8%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $1,628.55 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $1,905.75 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $2,079.00 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $2,252.25 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,286.90 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $2,425.50 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,737.35 ↑ +107%

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CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear without contrast at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $318.14 $79.00 – $1,428.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $331.47 $79.00 – $1,428.75
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Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $274.31 $79.00 – $1,472.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $235.65 $79.00 – $1,472.80
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Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $335.28 $79.00 – $1,524.00

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