X-ray elbow 2 views (both sides) at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$279.25
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.
$731.00
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.
$30.76 with United vs $465.31 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 | $30.76 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.76 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $62.05 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $62.05 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $82.73 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $91.58 | ↓ -67% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -66% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $93.85 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -66% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -66% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -66% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -66% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare|All Plans | $96.67 | ↓ -65% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $103.23 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $111.91 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $122.62 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $131.08 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $189.46 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $194.81 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $194.81 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $194.81 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $202.81 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $212.71 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $212.71 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $212.71 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $266.85 | ↓ -4% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $276.83 | ↓ -1% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $323.95 | ↑ +16% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $353.40 | ↑ +27% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $382.85 | ↑ +37% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $412.30 | ↑ +48% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $412.30 | ↑ +48% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $465.31 | ↑ +67% |
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X-ray elbow 2 views (both sides) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $95.60 | $33.27 – $347.17 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $88.48 | $58.65 – $347.17 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $282.36 | $30.76 – $494.29 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $146.70 | $58.65 – $409.57 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $150.61 | $51.38 – $409.57 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $97.63 | $58.65 – $347.17 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $198.61 | $26.51 – $237.30 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $82.72 | $58.65 – $347.17 |