Tc-99m pyroph diag per dose up to 25 mci at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$116.36
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.
$304.60
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.
$57.88 with United vs $304.60 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 | $57.88 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $65.65 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $81.01 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $86.89 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $100.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $114.33 | ↓ -2% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $143.17 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $167.53 | ↑ +44% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $182.76 | ↑ +57% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $197.99 | ↑ +70% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $213.22 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $213.22 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $240.64 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $304.60 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $304.60 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $304.60 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $304.60 | ↑ +162% |
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Tc-99m pyroph diag per dose up to 25 mci at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $109.05 | $60.92 – $228.45 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $43.20 | $43.20 – $369.89 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $142.44 | $65.65 – $445.83 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $76.15 | $60.92 – $315.58 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $78.89 | $60.92 – $243.68 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $82.20 | $60.00 – $369.89 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $25.08 | $26.40 – $282.44 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $16.73 | $18.80 – $143.91 |