Tc-99m tetrofosmin p study dose at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$98.94
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.
$259.00
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.
$49.21 with United vs $259.00 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 | $49.21 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $87.40 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $87.40 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $100.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $107.86 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $115.68 | ↑ +17% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $121.73 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $142.45 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $152.22 | ↑ +54% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $155.40 | ↑ +57% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $168.35 | ↑ +70% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $170.94 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $181.30 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $204.61 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $259.00 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $259.00 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $259.00 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $259.00 | ↑ +162% |
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Tc-99m tetrofosmin p study dose at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $293.56 | $85.27 – $615.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $181.40 | $85.27 – $680.25 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $84.50 | $67.60 – $393.90 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $87.54 | $67.60 – $277.44 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $295.65 | $85.27 – $809.25 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $90.06 | $85.27 – $379.20 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $162.90 | $85.27 – $675.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $103.24 | $85.27 – $464.00 |