Handpiece aquabeam hp2000 at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$765.53
Cash price 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.
$2,004.00
Gross charge 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.
$280.56 with United vs $7,984.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $280.56 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $380.76 | ↓ -50% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $941.88 | ↑ +23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $1,102.20 | ↑ +44% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $1,202.40 | ↑ +57% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $1,302.60 | ↑ +70% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,402.80 | ↑ +83% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $1,402.80 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,583.16 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $2,004.00 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,004.00 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $2,004.00 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $2,004.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $5,669.00 | ↑ +641% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $6,068.00 | ↑ +693% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,984.00 | ↑ +943% |
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Handpiece aquabeam hp2000 at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $3,171.84 | $282.60 – $3,548.07 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $8,648.63 | $2,636.20 – $20,822.34 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $4,083.09 | $282.60 – $3,548.07 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $3,487.28 | $282.60 – $2,077.83 |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center | Gilbert | $3,241.94 | $282.60 – $3,548.07 |
| Banner Payson Medical Center | Payson | $6,886.93 | $336.29 – $1,271.70 |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale | $2,944.03 | $72.99 – $1,380.37 |
| Chandler Regional Medical Center | Chandler | $9,422.08 | $2,636.20 – $22,715.28 |