Myelography thoracic spine at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$1,629.23
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.
$4,265.00
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.
$113.01 with United vs $3,369.35 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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| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $113.01 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $261.67 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $261.67 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $348.90 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $458.27 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $514.85 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $810.35 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $821.73 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $842.06 | ↓ -48% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $842.06 | ↓ -48% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $842.06 | ↓ -48% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $842.06 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $842.06 | ↓ -48% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $842.06 | ↓ -48% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $842.06 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $842.06 | ↓ -48% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $842.06 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $842.06 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $842.06 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $842.06 | ↓ -48% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $926.27 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $1,615.37 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,716.48 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,716.48 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,716.48 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $1,729.13 | ↑ +6% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $2,004.55 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,275.17 | ↑ +40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $2,345.75 | ↑ +44% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $2,559.00 | ↑ +57% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $2,772.25 | ↑ +70% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $2,985.50 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,985.50 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,369.35 | ↑ +107% |
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Myelography thoracic spine at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $603.76 | $101.51 – $1,605.75 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $558.80 | $260.93 – $1,605.75 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $1,006.23 | $113.01 – $3,589.90 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $616.61 | $260.93 – $1,605.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $522.40 | $199.24 – $1,712.80 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $460.32 | $152.80 – $1,605.75 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $498.85 | $101.51 – $1,712.80 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $599.48 | $260.93 – $1,605.75 |