Lung perfusion imaging at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$1,015.36
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.
$2,658.00
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.
$227.09 with Health Choice vs $2,099.82 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 | $227.09 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $227.09 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $417.94 | ↓ -59% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $428.28 | ↓ -58% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $428.28 | ↓ -58% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $428.28 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $428.28 | ↓ -58% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $428.28 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $428.28 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $428.28 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $428.28 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $428.28 | ↓ -58% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $428.28 | ↓ -58% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $428.28 | ↓ -58% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare|All Plans | $441.13 | ↓ -57% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $471.11 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $505.02 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $707.03 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $707.03 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $847.61 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $884.18 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $884.18 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $884.18 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $907.30 | ↓ -11% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $942.70 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,180.85 | ↑ +16% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,193.82 | ↑ +18% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $1,249.26 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $1,397.16 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $1,461.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $1,594.80 | ↑ +57% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $1,727.70 | ↑ +70% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,754.28 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $1,860.60 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,916.28 | ↑ +89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,916.28 | ↑ +89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,916.28 | ↑ +89% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,099.82 | ↑ +107% |
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Lung perfusion imaging at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $619.72 | $273.41 – $1,170.75 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $329.37 | $273.41 – $1,170.75 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $434.65 | $227.09 – $1,841.57 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $456.83 | $227.09 – $1,429.89 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $381.07 | $273.41 – $1,120.80 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $490.15 | $273.41 – $1,170.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $330.93 | $273.41 – $1,248.80 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $307.52 | $273.41 – $1,170.75 |