Tc-99m tilmanocept diag 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

$375.51

Cash price

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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.

$983.00

Gross charge

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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.

$100.00 with Aetna vs $983.00 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
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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
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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
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $186.77 ↓ -50%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $462.01 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $540.65 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $589.80 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $638.95 ↑ +70%
United Medicaid|All Plans $678.11 ↑ +81%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $688.10 ↑ +83%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $688.10 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $776.57 ↑ +107%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $836.76 ↑ +123%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $897.50 ↑ +139%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $983.00 ↑ +162%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $983.00 ↑ +162%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $983.00 ↑ +162%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $983.00 ↑ +162%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $983.00 ↑ +162%

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Tc-99m tilmanocept diag at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $859.02 $479.90 – $1,799.62
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $479.90 $479.90 – $3,820.25
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $305.78 $100.00 – $1,243.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $599.88 $479.90 – $3,259.27
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $657.46 $479.90 – $3,820.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $455.91 $479.90 – $2,917.03
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $434.31 $479.90 – $2,237.23
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $427.11 $479.90 – $1,919.60

All Arizona hospitals for this procedure →