Cholangiogram percutaneous compl 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

$2,880.28

Cash price

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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.

$7,540.00

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.

$216.00 with United vs $9,836.00 with Cigna — 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.

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Payer
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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
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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 $216.00 ↓ -93%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $216.00 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $1,432.60 ↓ -50%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $1,770.91 ↓ -39%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $1,770.91 ↓ -39%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $2,361.22 ↓ -18%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $3,499.51 ↑ +21%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $3,543.80 ↑ +23%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $3,670.50 ↑ +27%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $3,761.34 ↑ +31%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,761.34 ↑ +31%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $3,761.34 ↑ +31%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3,761.34 ↑ +31%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $3,761.34 ↑ +31%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $3,761.34 ↑ +31%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $3,761.34 ↑ +31%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $3,761.34 ↑ +31%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,761.34 ↑ +31%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,761.34 ↑ +31%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $3,761.34 ↑ +31%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $3,874.18 ↑ +35%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $4,137.47 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $4,147.00 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $4,524.00 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $4,901.00 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $5,278.00 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,278.00 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,956.60 ↑ +107%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $6,984.00 ↑ +142%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $7,475.00 ↑ +160%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9,836.00 ↑ +241%

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Cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $1,041.06 $949.44 – $6,206.21
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $1,125.40 $1,017.80 – $6,206.21
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $216.00 – $3,874.19
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $2,629.50 $216.00 – $8,230.53
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $1,504.27 $1,450.40 – $6,206.21
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $2,183.89 $1,450.40 – $6,206.21
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $994.54 $1,017.80 – $15,138.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $840.41 $1,017.80 – $6,206.21

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