Pt evaluation high complexity patient/family at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$223.47
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.
$585.00
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.
$106.21 with Health Choice vs $462.15 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 | $106.21 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $106.21 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $111.15 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $129.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $138.00 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $162.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $182.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $274.95 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $321.75 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $332.22 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $332.22 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $332.22 | ↑ +49% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $351.00 | ↑ +57% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $354.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $362.70 | ↑ +62% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $380.25 | ↑ +70% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $386.10 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $395.00 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $409.50 | ↑ +83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $421.19 | ↑ +88% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $462.15 | ↑ +107% |
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Pt evaluation high complexity patient/family at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $90.83 | $81.00 – $391.50 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $99.18 | $81.00 – $397.42 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $121.60 | $106.21 – $433.83 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $64.22 | $57.60 – $339.06 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $48.96 | $57.60 – $268.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $116.41 | $81.00 – $397.42 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $110.14 | $81.00 – $417.60 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $121.63 | $81.00 – $391.50 |