X-ray small intestine follow-through study at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$195.21
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.
$511.00
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.
$86.54 with United vs $511.00 with Aetna — 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 | $86.54 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $86.54 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $97.09 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $144.62 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $144.62 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $192.83 | ↓ -1% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $240.17 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $281.05 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $285.79 | ↑ +46% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $306.60 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $322.83 | ↑ +65% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $332.15 | ↑ +70% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $337.26 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $357.70 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $403.69 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $511.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $511.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $511.00 | ↑ +162% |
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X-ray small intestine follow-through study at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $82.63 | $58.60 – $219.75 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $76.47 | $58.60 – $219.75 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $29.55 | $68.37 – $503.47 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $193.36 | $86.54 – $605.22 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $58.80 | $39.20 – $170.03 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $60.37 | $39.20 – $156.80 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $84.38 | $58.60 – $219.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $71.49 | $58.60 – $234.40 |