Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$469.10
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.
$1,228.00
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.
$38.62 with Health Choice vs $3,499.51 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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| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $38.62 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $38.62 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $223.06 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $307.02 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $314.62 | ↓ -33% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $314.62 | ↓ -33% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $314.62 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $314.62 | ↓ -33% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $314.62 | ↓ -33% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $314.62 | ↓ -33% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $314.62 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $314.62 | ↓ -33% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $314.62 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $314.62 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $314.62 | ↓ -33% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare|All Plans | $324.06 | ↓ -31% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $346.08 | ↓ -26% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $551.78 | ↑ +18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $645.70 | ↑ +38% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $704.40 | ↑ +50% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $763.10 | ↑ +63% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $810.48 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $821.80 | ↑ +75% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $927.46 | ↑ +98% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $1,770.91 | ↑ +278% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $1,770.91 | ↑ +278% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $2,119.00 | ↑ +352% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $2,269.00 | ↑ +384% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,361.22 | ↑ +403% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,985.00 | ↑ +536% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $3,499.51 | ↑ +646% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at other Arizona hospitals
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $273.87 | $102.00 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $296.06 | $102.00 – $4,018.00 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $38.62 – $324.06 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $561.38 | $38.50 – $275.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $299.47 | $110.00 – $2,082.06 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $434.78 | $110.00 – $2,041.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $261.63 | $102.00 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $221.08 | $102.00 – $4,018.00 |