Cath left heart transseptal punc 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

$5,289.56

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$13,847.00

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.

$210.99 with United vs $10,939.13 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 Medicaid|All Plans $210.99 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $2,630.93 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $4,846.45 ↓ -8%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $4,995.33 ↓ -6%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $4,995.33 ↓ -6%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $5,261.86 ↓ -1%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $6,508.09 ↑ +23%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $6,660.44 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,785.03 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $7,615.85 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $8,308.20 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $9,000.55 ↑ +70%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $9,139.02 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $9,692.90 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,692.90 ↑ +83%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $9,828.46 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $10,632.00 ↑ +101%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,939.13 ↑ +107%

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Cath left heart transseptal punc at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,535.68 $1,159.00 – $12,389.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $1,095.26 $1,159.00 – $12,389.00
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $3,901.07 $210.99 – $12,210.66
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,956.60 $1,854.60 – $13,103.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $1,066.39 $1,854.60 – $13,103.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $1,460.69 $1,159.00 – $12,389.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $1,141.62 $1,159.00 – $12,389.00
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $1,170.59 $1,159.00 – $12,389.00

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