Bypass temp external fem-fem at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$2,117.05
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.
$5,542.00
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.
$402.49 with Health Choice vs $6,626.01 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 | $402.49 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $402.49 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $481.65 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $643.04 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $658.95 | ↓ -69% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $658.95 | ↓ -69% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $658.95 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $658.95 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $658.95 | ↓ -69% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $658.95 | ↓ -69% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $658.95 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $658.95 | ↓ -69% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $658.95 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $658.95 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $658.95 | ↓ -69% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare|All Plans | $678.72 | ↓ -68% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $724.85 | ↓ -66% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $1,191.45 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $1,394.25 | ↓ -34% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $1,521.00 | ↓ -28% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $1,647.75 | ↓ -22% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $1,774.50 | ↓ -16% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,774.50 | ↓ -16% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,002.65 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $3,353.06 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $3,353.06 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $3,503.00 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $3,750.00 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,470.75 | ↑ +111% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,934.00 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $6,626.01 | ↑ +213% |
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Bypass temp external fem-fem at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $6,062.73 | $392.67 – $1,773.75 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $402.49 – $678.72 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $3,836.91 | $223.30 – $1,087.27 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $1,346.80 | $392.67 – $4,018.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $754.44 | $392.67 – $1,892.00 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $9,247.90 | $392.67 – $1,773.75 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $1,208.97 | $223.30 – $1,087.27 |
| Banner Heart Hospital | Mesa | $3,957.47 | $392.67 – $10,488.00 |