Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid other peripheral nerve/branch (both sides) 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

$597.83

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,565.00

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.

$43.99 with United 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

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 $43.99 ↓ -93%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $43.99 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $297.35 ↓ -50%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $720.28 ↑ +20%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $735.55 ↑ +23%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +23%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +23%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $738.10 ↑ +23%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +23%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +23%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $738.10 ↑ +23%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +23%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +23%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +23%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +23%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $738.10 ↑ +23%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $760.24 ↑ +27%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $811.91 ↑ +36%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $827.49 ↑ +38%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $827.49 ↑ +38%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $860.75 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $939.00 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $1,017.25 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,032.90 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $1,095.50 ↑ +83%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $1,103.32 ↑ +85%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,236.35 ↑ +107%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $1,635.21 ↑ +174%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $2,119.00 ↑ +254%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $2,269.00 ↑ +280%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,985.00 ↑ +399%

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Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid other peripheral nerve/branch (both sides) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $550.96 $205.20 – $996.43
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $595.59 $205.20 – $4,018.00
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $43.99 – $760.25
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $848.70 $43.99 – $1,121.12
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $545.23 $200.20 – $3,036.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $393.98 $344.74 – $1,217.87
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $472.47 $205.20 – $3,152.00
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $1,270.31 $43.99 – $163.24

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