Ablation cryo abd perit om 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

$1,372.53

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.

$3,593.00

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.

$601.63 with Health Choice vs $4,934.00 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
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $601.63 ↓ -56%
United Medicaid|All Plans $601.63 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $682.67 ↓ -50%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $975.14 ↓ -29%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $999.27 ↓ -27%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $999.27 ↓ -27%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $999.27 ↓ -27%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $999.27 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $999.27 ↓ -27%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $999.27 ↓ -27%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $999.27 ↓ -27%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $999.27 ↓ -27%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $999.27 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $999.27 ↓ -27%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $999.27 ↓ -27%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $1,029.25 ↓ -25%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $1,099.20 ↓ -20%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $1,688.71 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $1,976.15 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $2,155.80 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $2,335.45 ↑ +70%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $2,371.51 ↑ +73%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $2,371.51 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $2,515.10 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,515.10 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,838.47 ↑ +107%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $3,162.02 ↑ +130%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $3,503.00 ↑ +155%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $3,750.00 ↑ +173%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $4,686.36 ↑ +241%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,934.00 ↑ +259%

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Ablation cryo abd perit om at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $2,794.55 $436.95 – $1,648.80
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $1,011.62 $586.96 – $1,960.50
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $601.63 – $1,029.25
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $3,645.25 $339.85 – $1,648.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $893.99 $586.96 – $4,018.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $343.73 $339.85 – $1,648.80
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $601.63 – $999.27
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City not published $586.96 – $2,495.41

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