Ablate pulm tumor perq rf 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

$5,989.38

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.

$15,679.00

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.

$449.88 with Health Choice vs $12,386.41 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.

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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
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $449.88 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|All Plans $449.88 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $2,979.01 ↓ -50%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $5,292.14 ↓ -12%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $5,292.14 ↓ -12%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $6,068.20 ↑ +1%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $6,218.38 ↑ +4%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $6,218.38 ↑ +4%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6,218.38 ↑ +4%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $6,218.38 ↑ +4%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $6,218.38 ↑ +4%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $6,218.38 ↑ +4%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6,218.38 ↑ +4%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $6,218.38 ↑ +4%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $6,218.38 ↑ +4%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6,218.38 ↑ +4%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $6,218.38 ↑ +4%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $6,404.93 ↑ +7%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $6,840.22 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $6,984.00 ↑ +17%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $7,056.19 ↑ +18%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $7,369.13 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $7,475.00 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $8,623.45 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $9,407.40 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9,836.00 ↑ +64%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $10,191.35 ↑ +70%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $10,457.84 ↑ +75%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $10,975.30 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10,975.30 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12,386.41 ↑ +107%

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Ablate pulm tumor perq rf at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $4,252.68 $1,583.80 – $15,138.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $4,597.17 $1,583.80 – $15,138.00
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $449.88 – $6,404.94
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $6,223.27 $2,285.80 – $13,586.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $9,034.89 $2,285.80 – $13,586.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $4,062.62 $1,583.80 – $15,138.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $3,433.03 $1,583.80 – $15,138.00
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $3,789.40 $1,583.80 – $15,138.00

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