Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$1,382.08
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.
$3,618.00
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.
$109.79 with Health Choice vs $4,686.36 with BCBS - AZ — 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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| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $109.79 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $109.79 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $687.42 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $975.14 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $999.27 | ↓ -28% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $999.27 | ↓ -28% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $999.27 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $999.27 | ↓ -28% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $999.27 | ↓ -28% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $999.27 | ↓ -28% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $999.27 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $999.27 | ↓ -28% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $999.27 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $999.27 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $999.27 | ↓ -28% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare|All Plans | $1,029.25 | ↓ -26% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $1,099.20 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $1,700.46 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $1,989.90 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $2,119.00 | ↑ +53% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $2,170.80 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $2,269.00 | ↑ +64% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $2,351.70 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $2,371.51 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $2,371.51 | ↑ +72% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $2,532.60 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,532.60 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,858.22 | ↑ +107% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,985.00 | ↑ +116% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,162.02 | ↑ +129% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $4,686.36 | ↑ +239% |
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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $1,882.45 | $586.96 – $1,648.80 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $2,016.07 | $586.96 – $1,648.80 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $109.79 – $1,029.25 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $688.56 | $109.79 – $2,155.23 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $596.41 | $575.05 – $1,648.80 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $865.86 | $575.05 – $1,648.80 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,655.36 | $586.96 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $1,688.29 | $586.96 – $1,648.80 |