Electrd sq emblem s-icd 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

$7,162.50

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.

$18,750.00

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.

$617.68 with United vs $4,412.00 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.

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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 $617.68 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $838.28 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,720.68 ↓ -76%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $2,073.64 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $2,426.60 ↓ -66%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $2,470.72 ↓ -66%
Other Commercial|NTN $2,647.20 ↓ -63%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $2,867.80 ↓ -60%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,088.40 ↓ -57%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $3,088.40 ↓ -57%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,485.48 ↓ -51%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $4,248.73 ↓ -41%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $4,248.73 ↓ -41%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $4,412.00 ↓ -38%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $4,412.00 ↓ -38%

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Electrd sq emblem s-icd at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $5,638.20 $539.00 – $2,021.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $5,401.64 $539.00 – $4,236.64
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $11,244.17 $1,272.74 – $7,000.07
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $5,795.92 $539.00 – $3,614.51
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $5,559.35 $539.00 – $2,545.84
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $5,362.21 $539.00 – $4,236.64
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $4,849.64 $539.00 – $3,234.97
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $5,125.64 $539.00 – $2,156.00

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