Intubation endotracheal emergency procedure 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

$348.01

Cash price

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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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$911.00

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.

$146.27 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 $146.27 ↓ -58%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $146.27 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $173.09 ↓ -50%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $241.53 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $247.50 ↓ -29%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $247.50 ↓ -29%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $247.50 ↓ -29%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $247.50 ↓ -29%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $247.50 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $247.50 ↓ -29%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $247.50 ↓ -29%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $247.50 ↓ -29%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $247.50 ↓ -29%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $247.50 ↓ -29%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $247.50 ↓ -29%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $254.93 ↓ -27%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $272.25 ↓ -22%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $428.17 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|Navigate $444.00 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $501.05 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $521.00 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|Options PPO $545.00 ↑ +57%
Other Commercial|NTN $546.60 ↑ +57%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $548.23 ↑ +58%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $548.23 ↑ +58%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $592.15 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $601.26 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $637.70 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $719.69 ↑ +107%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $730.97 ↑ +110%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $1,083.36 ↑ +211%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $2,119.00 ↑ +509%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $2,269.00 ↑ +552%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,985.00 ↑ +758%

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Intubation endotracheal emergency procedure at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $176.35 $153.41 – $681.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $351.78 $153.41 – $681.75
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $146.27 – $254.93
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $187.25 $153.41 – $727.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $251.79 $153.41 – $681.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $181.80 $153.41 – $727.20
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $321.79 $153.41 – $681.75
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley $201.80 $153.41 – $681.75

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