Dilate urethra stricture 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

$373.98

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.

$979.00

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.

$66.16 with Health Choice vs $2,985.00 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
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $66.16 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|All Plans $66.16 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $179.93 ↓ -52%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $252.96 ↓ -32%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $259.22 ↓ -31%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $259.22 ↓ -31%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $259.22 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $259.22 ↓ -31%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $259.22 ↓ -31%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $259.22 ↓ -31%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $259.22 ↓ -31%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $259.22 ↓ -31%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $259.22 ↓ -31%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $259.22 ↓ -31%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $259.22 ↓ -31%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $267.00 ↓ -29%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $285.14 ↓ -24%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $445.09 ↑ +19%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $520.85 ↑ +39%
Other Commercial|NTN $568.20 ↑ +52%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $615.55 ↑ +65%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $625.02 ↑ +67%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $653.80 ↑ +75%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $653.80 ↑ +75%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $662.90 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $662.90 ↑ +77%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $748.13 ↑ +100%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $871.73 ↑ +133%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $1,291.97 ↑ +245%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $2,119.00 ↑ +467%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $2,269.00 ↑ +507%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,985.00 ↑ +698%

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Dilate urethra stricture at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $66.16 – $267.00
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $138.02 $66.16 – $197.16
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $66.16 – $259.22
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City not published $192.95 – $687.95
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale not published $72.99 – $350.52
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $66.16 – $267.00
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler not published $66.16 – $84.56

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