Eeg during surgery 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

$842.31

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.

$2,205.00

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.

$199.91 with United vs $1,741.95 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 $199.91 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $418.95 ↓ -50%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $511.06 ↓ -39%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $511.06 ↓ -39%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $681.41 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|Navigate $827.00 ↓ -2%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $1,005.52 ↑ +19%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $1,036.35 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $1,212.75 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,220.00 ↑ +45%
Other Commercial|NTN $1,323.00 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $1,433.25 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $1,543.50 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,543.50 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,715.00 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,741.95 ↑ +107%

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Eeg during surgery at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $887.45 $198.26 – $1,573.50
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $612.62 $419.60 – $1,573.50
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $172.45 $98.14 – $539.77
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,033.76 $434.77 – $1,896.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $558.07 $419.60 – $1,573.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $459.46 $389.12 – $1,678.40
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $547.58 $198.26 – $1,678.40
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $1,088.86 $419.60 – $1,573.50

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