Echo transthoracic at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$447.71
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.
$1,172.00
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.
$163.07 with United vs $1,172.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $163.07 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $222.68 | ↓ -50% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $550.84 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $570.28 | ↑ +27% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $584.39 | ↑ +31% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $584.39 | ↑ +31% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $584.39 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $584.39 | ↑ +31% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $584.39 | ↑ +31% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $584.39 | ↑ +31% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $584.39 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $584.39 | ↑ +31% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $584.39 | ↑ +31% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $584.39 | ↑ +31% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $584.39 | ↑ +31% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $584.39 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $617.49 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $617.49 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $621.16 | ↑ +39% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $642.83 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $644.60 | ↑ +44% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $703.20 | ↑ +57% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $729.00 | ↑ +63% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $761.80 | ↑ +70% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $820.40 | ↑ +83% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $820.40 | ↑ +83% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $823.32 | ↑ +84% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $925.88 | ↑ +107% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,073.00 | ↑ +140% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,172.00 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $1,172.00 | ↑ +162% |
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Echo transthoracic at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $264.70 | $239.55 – $964.24 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $264.70 | $350.10 – $964.24 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $208.83 | $230.08 – $964.24 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $286.14 | $230.08 – $964.24 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $230.26 | $350.10 – $964.24 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $209.82 | $350.10 – $964.24 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $224.88 | $239.55 – $964.24 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $263.62 | $350.10 – $964.24 |