Incisn windpipe 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

$4,762.40

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.

$12,467.00

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.

$316.49 with United vs $9,848.93 with MultiPlan — 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 $316.49 ↓ -93%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $316.49 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $2,368.73 ↓ -50%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $2,371.51 ↓ -50%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $2,371.51 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $2,401.00 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $2,570.00 ↓ -46%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $3,162.02 ↓ -34%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $3,373.05 ↓ -29%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,381.00 ↓ -29%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $3,456.53 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,456.53 ↓ -27%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $3,456.53 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,456.53 ↓ -27%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $3,456.53 ↓ -27%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $3,456.53 ↓ -27%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $3,456.53 ↓ -27%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $3,456.53 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $3,456.53 ↓ -27%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3,456.53 ↓ -27%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,456.53 ↓ -27%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $3,560.23 ↓ -25%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $3,802.18 ↓ -20%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $4,686.36 ↓ -2%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $5,859.49 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $6,856.85 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $7,480.20 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $8,103.55 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $8,726.90 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,726.90 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,848.93 ↑ +107%

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Incisn windpipe at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $316.49 – $3,560.23
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $437.04 $316.49 – $624.34
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert not published $316.49 – $3,456.53
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson not published $1,983.88 – $2,788.18
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa not published $1,983.88 – $3,268.08
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa not published $316.49 – $3,560.23
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler not published $286.79 – $293.96

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