X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$139.05
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.
$364.00
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.
$44.70 with United vs $287.56 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 | $44.70 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $69.16 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $91.58 | ↓ -34% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -33% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -33% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -33% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -33% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $93.85 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -33% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $93.85 | ↓ -33% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $103.23 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $122.04 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $122.04 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $162.72 | ↑ +17% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $171.08 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $187.33 | ↑ +35% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $189.46 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $194.81 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $194.81 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $194.81 | ↑ +40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $200.20 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $202.81 | ↑ +46% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $218.40 | ↑ +57% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $236.60 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $240.11 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $254.80 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $254.80 | ↑ +83% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $266.85 | ↑ +92% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $287.56 | ↑ +107% |
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X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $101.52 | $47.34 – $270.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $93.96 | $58.65 – $270.00 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $198.28 | $44.70 – $620.62 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $84.60 | $58.45 – $225.60 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $86.86 | $58.45 – $225.60 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $103.68 | $58.65 – $270.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $87.84 | $58.65 – $288.00 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $77.40 | $58.45 – $270.00 |