Tilt table study at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$993.97
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.
$2,602.00
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.
$170.58 with United vs $2,602.00 with United — 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 | $170.58 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $436.45 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $436.45 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $494.38 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $551.87 | ↓ -44% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $565.52 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $565.52 | ↓ -43% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $565.52 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $565.52 | ↓ -43% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $565.52 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $565.52 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $565.52 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $565.52 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $565.52 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $565.52 | ↓ -43% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $565.52 | ↓ -43% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $565.52 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $581.93 | ↓ -41% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $622.07 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $858.73 | ↓ -14% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $1,222.94 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $1,431.10 | ↑ +44% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $1,561.20 | ↑ +57% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $1,691.30 | ↑ +70% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $1,717.32 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,819.00 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,821.40 | ↑ +83% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $1,821.40 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,055.58 | ↑ +107% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,602.00 | ↑ +162% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,602.00 | ↑ +162% |
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Tilt table study at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $807.21 | $169.32 – $2,066.25 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $906.40 | $353.64 – $2,066.25 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $655.84 | $170.58 – $2,052.82 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $499.44 | $353.64 – $1,519.20 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $272.74 | $353.64 – $2,066.25 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $807.21 | $254.87 – $2,066.25 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $887.11 | $353.64 – $2,066.25 |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center | San Tan Valley | $2,567.66 | $353.64 – $2,066.25 |