Endo abl/incom vein/ext/laser/#1 36478 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

$3,580.11

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.

$9,372.00

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.

$284.31 with Health Choice 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
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $284.31 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|All Plans $284.31 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $1,780.68 ↓ -50%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $2,714.71 ↓ -24%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $2,714.71 ↓ -24%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $3,273.65 ↓ -9%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -6%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -6%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -6%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $3,354.67 ↓ -6%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -6%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -6%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -6%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -6%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -6%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -6%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $3,354.67 ↓ -6%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $3,455.31 ↓ -3%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $3,619.62 ↑ +1%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $3,690.14 ↑ +3%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $5,364.56 ↑ +50%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,185.52 ↑ +73%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $6,984.00 ↑ +95%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $7,475.00 ↑ +109%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,591.32 ↑ +112%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9,836.00 ↑ +175%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource not published by hospital
Health Net Commercial|Interlink not published by hospital
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth not published by hospital
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Other Commercial|NTN not published by hospital

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Endo abl/incom vein/ext/laser/#1 36478 at other Arizona hospitals

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Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $3,754.70 $1,455.44 – $15,138.00
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