Diagnostic anoscopy spx 46600 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

$247.92

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.

$649.00

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.

$43.27 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.

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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

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
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $43.27 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|All Plans $43.27 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $112.10 ↓ -55%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $134.07 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -45%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -45%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -45%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -45%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $137.38 ↓ -45%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $137.38 ↓ -45%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -45%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -45%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $137.38 ↓ -45%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $141.50 ↓ -43%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $151.12 ↓ -39%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $277.30 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $324.50 ↑ +31%
Other Commercial|NTN $354.00 ↑ +43%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $383.50 ↑ +55%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $389.40 ↑ +57%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $413.00 ↑ +67%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $413.00 ↑ +67%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $466.10 ↑ +88%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $1,770.91 ↑ +614%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $1,770.91 ↑ +614%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $2,361.22 ↑ +852%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $3,499.51 ↑ +1312%

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Diagnostic anoscopy spx 46600 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix not published $81.16 – $949.44
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix not published $81.16 – $2,440.42
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $43.27 – $141.51
Banner Page Hospital Page $49.93 $35.96 – $100.70
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $172.15 $43.27 – $187.00
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $43.27 – $137.38
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson not published $81.16 – $2,082.06
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City not published $81.16 – $1,863.43

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