Plmt ureteral stent prq 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

$2,967.76

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.

$7,769.00

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.

$272.15 with United vs $9,836.00 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
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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 $272.15 ↓ -91%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $272.15 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $1,476.11 ↓ -50%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $1,770.91 ↓ -40%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $1,770.91 ↓ -40%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $2,361.22 ↓ -20%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $3,499.51 ↑ +18%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $3,587.20 ↑ +21%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $3,651.43 ↑ +23%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $3,675.98 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,675.98 ↑ +24%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $3,675.98 ↑ +24%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3,675.98 ↑ +24%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $3,675.98 ↑ +24%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $3,675.98 ↑ +24%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $3,675.98 ↑ +24%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $3,675.98 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,675.98 ↑ +24%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $3,675.98 ↑ +24%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $3,675.98 ↑ +24%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $3,786.26 ↑ +28%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $4,043.58 ↑ +36%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $4,272.95 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $4,661.40 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $5,049.85 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $5,438.30 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,438.30 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,137.51 ↑ +107%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $6,984.00 ↑ +135%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $7,475.00 ↑ +152%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9,836.00 ↑ +231%

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Plmt ureteral stent prq at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $3,375.22 $949.44 – $15,138.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $3,648.64 $1,257.00 – $15,138.00
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix not published $272.15 – $3,786.26
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $3,483.12 $272.15 – $10,902.43
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $4,815.56 $1,768.80 – $13,586.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $6,991.18 $1,466.47 – $13,586.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $3,224.38 $1,257.00 – $15,138.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $2,724.69 $1,257.00 – $15,138.00

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