Aortic dysfunction/dilation 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

$7,970.43

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.

$20,865.00

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.

$211.68 with United vs $16,483.35 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
United Commercial|Navigate $211.68 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Options PPO $302.40 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $302.40 ↓ -96%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -94%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -94%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -94%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -94%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $504.00 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $504.00 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $504.00 ↓ -94%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -94%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $504.00 ↓ -94%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $554.40 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $1,048.32 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $1,120.39 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,474.20 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,586.45 ↓ -80%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $1,967.78 ↓ -75%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $1,967.78 ↓ -75%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $2,623.70 ↓ -67%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $3,871.66 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $3,964.35 ↓ -50%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $9,806.55 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $11,475.75 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $12,519.00 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $13,562.25 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $14,605.50 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14,605.50 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $16,483.35 ↑ +107%

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Aortic dysfunction/dilation at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $421.85 $217.88 – $1,134.00
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $495.94 $282.24 – $1,552.32
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