Exercise w/hemodynamic meas 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

$605.09

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.

$1,584.00

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.

$228.87 with United vs $1,251.36 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 $228.87 ↓ -62%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $269.40 ↓ -55%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $269.40 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $300.96 ↓ -50%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $359.20 ↓ -41%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $530.06 ↓ -12%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $554.40 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $601.92 ↓ -1%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $744.48 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $776.16 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $871.20 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $950.40 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $1,029.60 ↑ +70%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $1,045.44 ↑ +73%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,108.80 ↑ +83%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $1,108.80 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,251.36 ↑ +107%

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Exercise w/hemodynamic meas at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $340.26 $104.51 – $12,389.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $90.94 $86.20 – $13,103.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $49.57 $86.20 – $13,103.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $252.95 $205.12 – $12,389.00
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale $269.64 $72.99 – $12,389.00

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