Ecg 12 lead tracing only 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

$228.82

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.

$599.00

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.

$6.44 with United vs $459.78 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 Medicaid|All Plans $6.44 ↓ -97%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $6.44 ↓ -97%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $55.32 ↓ -76%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $55.32 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $61.78 ↓ -73%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $63.31 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $63.31 ↓ -72%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $63.31 ↓ -72%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $63.31 ↓ -72%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $63.31 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $63.31 ↓ -72%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $63.31 ↓ -72%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $63.31 ↓ -72%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $63.31 ↓ -72%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $63.31 ↓ -72%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $63.31 ↓ -72%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $65.21 ↓ -72%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $69.64 ↓ -70%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $73.77 ↓ -68%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $109.33 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $110.58 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $233.61 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $233.61 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $233.61 ↑ +2%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $273.54 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $308.46 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Navigate $310.00 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $320.10 ↑ +40%
Other Commercial|NTN $349.20 ↑ +53%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $365.00 ↑ +60%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $378.30 ↑ +65%
United Commercial|Options PPO $381.00 ↑ +67%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $395.34 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $407.40 ↑ +78%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $459.78 ↑ +101%

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Ecg 12 lead tracing only at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $100.52 $15.93 – $344.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $105.57 $15.93 – $344.25
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $189.39 $6.44 – $675.66
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $176.14 $6.44 – $82.39
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $36.10 $8.68 – $151.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $38.93 $8.68 – $151.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $105.57 $15.93 – $344.25
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $268.92 $23.64 – $321.30

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