Ventilator initial day at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$1,849.27
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.
$4,841.00
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.
$95.13 with United vs $1,744.32 with MultiPlan — 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 | $95.13 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $95.13 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $386.89 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $386.89 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $419.52 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $444.00 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $515.85 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $521.00 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $545.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $640.32 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $684.48 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $687.60 | ↓ -63% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $704.61 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $704.61 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $704.61 | ↓ -62% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $704.61 | ↓ -62% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $704.61 | ↓ -62% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $704.61 | ↓ -62% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $704.61 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $704.61 | ↓ -62% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $704.61 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $704.61 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $704.61 | ↓ -62% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare|All Plans | $725.75 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $764.53 | ↓ -59% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $775.07 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $905.28 | ↓ -51% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $1,037.76 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $1,214.40 | ↓ -34% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $1,324.80 | ↓ -28% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $1,435.20 | ↓ -22% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,457.28 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $1,545.60 | ↓ -16% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,744.32 | ↓ -6% |
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Ventilator initial day at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $735.07 | $207.42 – $2,841.75 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $742.64 | $351.81 – $2,841.75 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $627.69 | $95.13 – $2,239.40 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $972.93 | $95.13 – $1,702.47 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $402.62 | $351.81 – $1,571.20 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $402.62 | $320.38 – $1,571.20 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $875.26 | $351.81 – $2,841.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $780.53 | $351.81 – $3,031.20 |