Radphm lcl tomogr sgl area sgl day at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center

350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,700.67

Cash price

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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.

$4,452.00

Gross charge

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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.

$363.70 with Health Choice vs $4,076.67 with Cigna — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $363.70 ↓ -79%
United Medicaid|All Plans $363.70 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $845.88 ↓ -50%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $1,357.80 ↓ -20%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $1,391.41 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,391.41 ↓ -18%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $1,391.41 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,391.41 ↓ -18%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $1,391.41 ↓ -18%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $1,391.41 ↓ -18%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $1,391.41 ↓ -18%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $1,391.41 ↓ -18%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $1,391.41 ↓ -18%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,391.41 ↓ -18%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $1,391.41 ↓ -18%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $1,433.15 ↓ -16%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $1,530.55 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,955.86 ↑ +15%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $2,092.44 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $2,448.60 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $2,671.20 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $2,893.80 ↑ +70%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $2,894.44 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,938.32 ↑ +73%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,044.09 ↑ +79%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,044.09 ↑ +79%
United Commercial|Navigate $3,044.09 ↑ +79%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $3,098.27 ↑ +82%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $3,116.40 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,173.98 ↑ +87%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,173.98 ↑ +87%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,173.98 ↑ +87%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,517.08 ↑ +107%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,076.67 ↑ +140%

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