Microdissection laser at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$1,761.02
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.
$4,610.00
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.
$30.39 with United vs $3,318.00 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.
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 | Commercial|Navigate | $30.39 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $43.42 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $43.42 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $130.89 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $149.44 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $159.71 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $210.15 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $223.53 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $279.60 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $279.60 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $372.80 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $550.12 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $798.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $1,974.00 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $2,310.00 | ↑ +31% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $2,520.00 | ↑ +43% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $2,730.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $2,940.00 | ↑ +67% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,940.00 | ↑ +67% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,318.00 | ↑ +88% |
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Microdissection laser at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $96.19 | $40.40 – $151.50 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $85.46 | $40.40 – $278.80 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $240.45 | $43.41 – $857.85 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $461.73 | $86.83 – $1,445.24 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $77.91 | $40.40 – $237.86 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $82.61 | $40.40 – $177.44 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $76.12 | $40.40 – $278.80 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $75.77 | $40.40 – $212.89 |