Abd aorta w/runoff s&i at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center

350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$4,370.85

Cash price

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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.

$11,442.00

Gross charge

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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.

$164.50 with United vs $9,149.79 with Cigna — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Medicaid|All Plans $164.50 ↓ -96%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $260.11 ↓ -94%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $260.11 ↓ -94%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $346.81 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $406.20 ↓ -91%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $511.77 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $2,173.98 ↓ -50%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $3,273.65 ↓ -25%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -23%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -23%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -23%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -23%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -23%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -23%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -23%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $3,354.67 ↓ -23%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -23%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -23%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $3,690.14 ↓ -16%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $5,377.74 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $6,293.10 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $6,496.35 ↑ +49%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,833.27 ↑ +56%
United Commercial|Navigate $6,833.27 ↑ +56%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,833.27 ↑ +56%
Other Commercial|NTN $6,865.20 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $6,953.84 ↑ +59%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $7,437.30 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $8,009.40 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,009.40 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,039.18 ↑ +107%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9,149.79 ↑ +109%

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Abd aorta w/runoff s&i at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,222.11 $100.91 – $5,535.21
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $1,141.02 $259.37 – $5,535.21
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $2,319.54 $164.50 – $7,260.33
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,472.03 $219.46 – $5,535.21
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $1,828.16 $155.86 – $5,535.21
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $1,216.32 $259.37 – $5,535.21
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $1,598.59 $198.04 – $5,535.21
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $1,216.32 $151.89 – $5,032.01

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