Ablation cryo adrenal tumor 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

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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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.

$1,770.91 with BCBS - AZ vs $6,840.22 with Optum — 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

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

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
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $1,770.91
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $1,770.91
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $2,361.22
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $3,499.51
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $3,503.00
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $3,750.00
United Medicaid|All Plans $3,760.54
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $3,760.54
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,934.00
United Medicare|Dual Complete $6,068.20
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $6,218.38
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6,218.38
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $6,218.38
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6,218.38
First Health Medicare|All Plans $6,218.38
United Medicare|All Other Plans $6,218.38
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $6,218.38
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $6,218.38
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $6,218.38
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6,218.38
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $6,218.38
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $6,404.93
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $6,840.22
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth not published by hospital
Other Commercial|NTN not published by hospital
Health Net Commercial|Interlink not published by hospital
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Ablation cryo adrenal tumor at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $2,600.15 $949.44 – $10,260.33
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $1,530.45 – $6,404.94
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $1,380.31 $785.54 – $5,611.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $3,275.71 $1,038.00 – $10,260.33
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $1,503.75 $785.54 – $5,611.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa not published $2,440.42 – $3,668.82
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott not published $3,760.54 – $6,591.49
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $1,530.45 – $6,404.94

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