Disability dlco 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

$241.81

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.

$633.00

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.

$46.85 with United vs $633.00 with United — 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 Medicaid|All Plans $46.85 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $120.27 ↓ -50%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $162.73 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $166.76 ↓ -31%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $166.76 ↓ -31%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $166.76 ↓ -31%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $166.76 ↓ -31%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $166.76 ↓ -31%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $166.76 ↓ -31%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $166.76 ↓ -31%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $166.76 ↓ -31%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $166.76 ↓ -31%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $166.76 ↓ -31%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $166.76 ↓ -31%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $166.76 ↓ -31%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $169.94 ↓ -30%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $169.94 ↓ -30%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $183.44 ↓ -24%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $226.59 ↓ -6%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $297.51 ↑ +23%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $334.37 ↑ +38%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $348.15 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $379.80 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $411.45 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $443.10 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $443.10 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $500.07 ↑ +107%
United Commercial|Navigate $633.00 ↑ +162%
United Commercial|Options PPO $633.00 ↑ +162%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $633.00 ↑ +162%

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Disability dlco at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $135.55 $65.93 – $288.00
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $110.95 $46.85 – $347.27
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $68.35 $101.17 – $284.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $100.99 $101.17 – $288.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $45.31 $99.24 – $288.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $29.95 $65.93 – $307.20
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $266.11 $101.17 – $288.00
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $103.68 $101.17 – $288.00

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