Diagnostic Mammogram (one breast) at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$276.19
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.
$723.00
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.
$131.60 with United vs $625.90 with BCBS - AZ — 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 | Medicaid|All Plans | $131.60 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $137.37 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $182.03 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $193.03 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $193.03 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $193.03 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $194.85 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $256.38 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $318.11 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $318.11 | ↑ +15% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $339.81 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $397.65 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $424.15 | ↑ +54% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $433.80 | ↑ +57% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $469.95 | ↑ +70% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $506.10 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $506.10 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $545.82 | ↑ +98% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $571.17 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $625.90 | ↑ +127% |
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Diagnostic Mammogram (one breast) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $185.95 | $81.20 – $381.03 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $155.90 | $81.20 – $381.03 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $131.54 | $81.20 – $381.03 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $169.30 | $81.20 – $381.03 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $99.06 | $37.84 – $143.10 |
| Banner Page Hospital | Page | $232.85 | $24.99 – $155.82 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $316.10 | $72.25 – $138.18 |