Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
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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.
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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.
$632.27 with United vs $10,457.84 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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| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $632.27 | — |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $632.27 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $3,248.00 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $3,477.00 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,575.00 | — |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $5,292.14 | — |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $5,292.14 | — |
| 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 | — |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,056.19 | — |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $10,457.84 | — |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | not published by hospital | — |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | not published by hospital | — |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | not published by hospital | — |
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Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | not published | $2,837.28 – $3,668.82 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | not published | $3,668.82 – $7,292.89 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $632.27 – $6,404.94 |
| Banner Page Hospital | Page | $743.71 | $535.60 – $1,500.05 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $859.24 | $632.27 – $1,227.48 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $632.27 – $6,218.38 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | not published | $3,668.82 – $6,221.97 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | not published | $3,668.82 – $4,382.36 |