Biopsy tongue anterior two-thirds 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.
$113.36 with United 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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| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $113.36 | — |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $113.36 | — |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $529.66 | — |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $542.77 | — |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $542.77 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $542.77 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $542.77 | — |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $542.77 | — |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $542.77 | — |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $542.77 | — |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $542.77 | — |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $542.77 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $542.77 | — |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $542.77 | — |
| Devoted Health | Medicare|All Plans | $559.05 | — |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $597.05 | — |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $1,770.91 | — |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $1,770.91 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $2,119.00 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $2,269.00 | — |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,361.22 | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,985.00 | — |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $3,499.51 | — |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | not published by hospital | — |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | not published by hospital | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | not published by hospital | — |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Biopsy tongue anterior two-thirds at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | not published | $327.96 – $949.44 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $113.36 – $559.06 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $488.07 | $113.36 – $1,527.68 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | $531.72 | $113.36 – $1,666.56 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | not published | $327.96 – $2,440.42 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | not published | $327.96 – $2,440.42 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | not published | $113.36 – $575.34 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | not published | $113.36 – $559.06 |