Place po breast cath for rad at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$8,224.85
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.
$21,531.00
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.
$218.15 with Health Choice vs $17,009.49 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 | $218.15 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $218.15 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $4,090.89 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $6,984.00 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $7,121.40 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $7,121.40 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $7,475.00 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,495.20 | ↑ +15% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,836.00 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $9,952.58 | ↑ +21% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $10,119.57 | ↑ +23% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $10,198.88 | ↑ +24% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $10,198.88 | ↑ +24% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $10,198.88 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $10,198.88 | ↑ +24% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $10,198.88 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $10,198.88 | ↑ +24% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $10,198.88 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $10,198.88 | ↑ +24% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $10,198.88 | ↑ +24% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $10,198.88 | ↑ +24% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $10,198.88 | ↑ +24% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare|All Plans | $10,504.85 | ↑ +28% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $11,218.77 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $11,842.05 | ↑ +44% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $12,918.60 | ↑ +57% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $13,995.15 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $14,072.65 | ↑ +71% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $14,210.46 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $15,071.70 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $15,071.70 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $17,009.49 | ↑ +107% |
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Place po breast cath for rad at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $218.15 – $10,504.85 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $2,933.98 | $2,118.40 – $8,297.00 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $3,251.74 | $1,412.20 – $15,138.00 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $6,334.46 | $218.15 – $9,049.22 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $218.15 – $10,198.88 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | not published | $218.15 – $10,504.85 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | not published | $218.15 – $3,262.67 |