Tl-201 thallium diag per mci at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$108.07
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.
$282.90
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.
$33.48 with United vs $282.90 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 | Medicaid|All Plans | $33.48 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $41.30 | ↓ -62% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $44.30 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $53.76 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $58.29 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $100.00 | ↓ -7% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $132.97 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $155.60 | ↑ +44% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $169.74 | ↑ +57% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $183.89 | ↑ +70% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $198.03 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $198.03 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $223.50 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $282.90 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $282.90 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $282.90 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $282.90 | ↑ +162% |
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Tl-201 thallium diag per mci at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $122.27 | $33.48 – $497.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $41.00 | $32.66 – $662.10 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $54.48 | $32.66 – $776.06 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | $133.20 | $33.48 – $497.00 |