Place cath xtrnl carotid at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$2,852.02
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.
$7,466.00
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.
$124.09 with Health Choice vs $5,898.14 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 | $124.09 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $124.09 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $171.60 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $171.60 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $228.80 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $339.10 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $1,418.54 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $3,503.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $3,509.02 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $3,750.00 | ↑ +31% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $4,106.30 | ↑ +44% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $4,479.60 | ↑ +57% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $4,852.90 | ↑ +70% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,934.00 | ↑ +73% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,226.20 | ↑ +83% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $5,226.20 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,898.14 | ↑ +107% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,786.78 | $92.00 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $1,931.52 | $236.47 – $4,018.00 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $124.09 – $148.30 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $1,770.71 | $201.75 – $3,243.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $2,570.71 | $142.10 – $3,243.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,706.92 | $236.47 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $1,382.51 | $138.49 – $2,884.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $1,592.13 | $92.00 – $4,018.00 |