Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx 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

$1,574.61

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.

$4,122.00

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.

$225.30 with United vs $3,256.38 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 $225.30 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $559.84 ↓ -64%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $573.70 ↓ -64%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $573.70 ↓ -64%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $573.70 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $573.70 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $573.70 ↓ -64%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $573.70 ↓ -64%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $573.70 ↓ -64%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $573.70 ↓ -64%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $573.70 ↓ -64%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $573.70 ↓ -64%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $573.70 ↓ -64%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $573.70 ↓ -64%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $631.07 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $783.18 ↓ -50%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $918.20 ↓ -42%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $918.20 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,099.57 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $1,100.19 ↓ -30%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,158.73 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,158.73 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,158.73 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $1,177.67 ↓ -25%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $1,224.26 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,549.56 ↓ -2%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $1,806.58 ↑ +15%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $1,937.34 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $2,267.10 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $2,473.20 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $2,679.30 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $2,885.40 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,885.40 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,256.38 ↑ +107%

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Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $914.29 $354.82 – $1,727.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $485.93 $354.82 – $1,727.25
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $621.65 $225.30 – $1,945.79
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $778.19 $302.04 – $2,288.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $723.14 $354.82 – $1,727.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $488.24 $354.82 – $1,842.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $453.69 $302.04 – $1,727.25
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $488.24 $354.82 – $1,842.40

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