St evaluation swallow function at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$182.22
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.
$477.00
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.
$74.38 with United vs $477.00 with BCBS - AZ — 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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| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $74.38 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $74.38 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $90.63 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $129.00 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $138.00 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $162.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $182.00 | ↓ -0% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $224.19 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $262.35 | ↑ +44% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $286.20 | ↑ +57% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $295.74 | ↑ +62% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $310.05 | ↑ +70% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $314.82 | ↑ +73% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $331.63 | ↑ +82% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $331.63 | ↑ +82% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $333.90 | ↑ +83% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $354.00 | ↑ +94% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $376.83 | ↑ +107% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $395.00 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $442.18 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $477.00 | ↑ +162% |
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St evaluation swallow function at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $104.06 | $81.00 – $317.25 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $113.79 | $81.00 – $457.01 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $103.05 | $74.38 – $367.65 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $86.77 | $63.80 – $389.90 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $48.81 | $63.80 – $274.62 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $71.49 | $81.00 – $457.01 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $88.41 | $81.00 – $348.96 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $73.18 | $81.00 – $317.25 |