Plmt nephroureteral catheter at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$3,288.26
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.
$8,608.00
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.
$260.35 with Health Choice vs $7,690.00 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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| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $260.35 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $260.35 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $1,053.59 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $1,053.59 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $1,090.41 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,404.79 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $2,082.01 | ↓ -37% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $2,697.33 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $3,156.45 | ↓ -4% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $3,443.40 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $3,587.20 | ↑ +9% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $3,675.98 | ↑ +12% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,675.98 | ↑ +12% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $3,675.98 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,675.98 | ↑ +12% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $3,675.98 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,675.98 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,675.98 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $3,675.98 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $3,675.98 | ↑ +12% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,675.98 | ↑ +12% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $3,675.98 | ↑ +12% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $3,730.35 | ↑ +13% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare|All Plans | $3,786.26 | ↑ +15% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $4,017.30 | ↑ +22% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,017.30 | ↑ +22% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $4,043.58 | ↑ +23% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,533.81 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $5,460.00 | ↑ +66% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $5,844.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,690.00 | ↑ +134% |
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Plmt nephroureteral catheter at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $2,382.13 | $564.86 – $11,751.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $2,575.10 | $887.20 – $11,751.00 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $260.35 – $3,786.26 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $2,162.34 | $260.35 – $6,565.02 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $2,907.27 | $1,067.80 – $10,630.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $4,220.74 | $872.47 – $10,630.00 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $2,275.67 | $887.20 – $11,751.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $1,923.01 | $887.20 – $11,751.00 |