Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$425.93
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.
$1,115.00
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.
$101.92 with United vs $819.23 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 | Medicaid|All Plans | $101.92 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $101.92 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $197.03 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $320.31 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $320.31 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $415.54 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $425.83 | ↓ -0% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $425.83 | ↓ -0% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $425.83 | ↓ -0% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $425.83 | ↓ -0% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $425.83 | ↓ -0% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $425.83 | ↓ -0% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $425.83 | ↓ -0% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $425.83 | ↓ -0% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $425.83 | ↓ -0% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $425.83 | ↓ -0% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $425.83 | ↓ -0% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $427.08 | ↑ +0% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare|All Plans | $438.60 | ↑ +3% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $468.41 | ↑ +10% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $487.39 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $570.35 | ↑ +34% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $622.20 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $632.96 | ↑ +49% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $674.05 | ↑ +58% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $684.42 | ↑ +61% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $725.90 | ↑ +70% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $725.90 | ↑ +70% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $819.23 | ↑ +92% |
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Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $307.17 | $171.73 – $702.62 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $229.49 | $207.55 – $702.62 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | not published | $101.92 – $438.61 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $162.12 | $92.26 – $507.43 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $212.72 | $205.10 – $702.62 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $308.82 | $205.10 – $702.62 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $227.71 | $199.25 – $702.62 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $171.38 | $199.25 – $702.62 |