Tc-99m mebrofenin at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$105.05
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.
$275.00
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.
$52.25 with United vs $275.00 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 | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $52.25 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $57.91 | ↓ -45% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $57.91 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $69.96 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $75.04 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $98.74 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $100.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $129.25 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $151.25 | ↑ +44% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $165.00 | ↑ +57% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $178.75 | ↑ +70% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $181.50 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $192.50 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $217.25 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $229.98 | ↑ +119% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $229.98 | ↑ +119% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $275.00 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $275.00 | ↑ +162% |
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Tc-99m mebrofenin at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $73.39 | $41.00 – $153.75 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $45.40 | $45.40 – $316.92 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $19.93 | $46.11 – $98.74 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $92.75 | $52.78 – $290.29 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $60.00 | $48.00 – $270.39 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $62.16 | $48.00 – $192.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $75.90 | $55.40 – $316.92 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $44.27 | $46.60 – $241.99 |