St evaluation motion fluoroscopic swallow function cine/video 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

$235.70

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$617.00

Gross charge

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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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$97.27 with United vs $617.00 with BCBS - AZ — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
United Medicaid|All Plans $97.27 ↓ -59%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $97.27 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $117.23 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $129.00 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $138.00 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|Navigate $162.00 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $182.00 ↓ -23%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $289.99 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $339.35 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $354.00 ↑ +50%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $360.94 ↑ +53%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $360.94 ↑ +53%
Other Commercial|NTN $370.20 ↑ +57%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $382.54 ↑ +62%
United Commercial|Options PPO $395.00 ↑ +68%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $401.05 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $407.22 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $431.90 ↑ +83%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $481.26 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $487.43 ↑ +107%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $617.00 ↑ +162%

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St evaluation motion fluoroscopic swallow function cine/video at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $177.12 $81.00 – $540.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $193.68 $81.00 – $540.00
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $111.07 $97.27 – $396.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $124.03 $81.00 – $424.36
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $89.83 $81.00 – $364.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $121.68 $81.00 – $540.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $150.48 $81.00 – $576.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $124.56 $81.00 – $540.00

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