IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$510.36
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.
$1,336.00
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.
$65.44 with Health Choice vs $1,004.88 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.
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 |
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| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $65.44 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $65.44 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $99.00 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $145.00 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $217.00 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $219.13 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $224.56 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $224.56 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $224.56 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $224.56 | ↓ -56% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $224.56 | ↓ -56% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $224.56 | ↓ -56% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $224.56 | ↓ -56% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $224.56 | ↓ -56% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $224.56 | ↓ -56% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $224.56 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $224.56 | ↓ -56% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare|All Plans | $231.30 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $241.68 | ↓ -53% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $247.02 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $294.71 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $294.71 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $392.94 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $582.37 | ↑ +14% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $597.84 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $641.28 | ↑ +26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $641.28 | ↑ +26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $641.28 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $699.60 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $750.48 | ↑ +47% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $763.20 | ↑ +50% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $826.80 | ↑ +62% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $881.76 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $890.40 | ↑ +74% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,004.88 | ↑ +97% |
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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $248.79 | $147.54 – $489.75 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $199.82 | $147.54 – $489.75 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $209.77 | $65.44 – $748.38 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $295.70 | $61.74 – $339.57 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $274.85 | $147.54 – $768.80 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $332.51 | $147.54 – $768.80 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $217.45 | $147.54 – $489.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $143.01 | $147.54 – $522.40 |