Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
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Phoenix, AZ
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Dignity Health’s median price of $3.1k is 3% below the median hospital's median price ($3.1k), higher than 47% of the 2,005 hospitals reporting CPT 21933. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 18 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $776 | $776 | — | — | — | $776 – $776 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|dignityhealthemployee percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|dual complete case rate · outpatient | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 4 | Aetna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 6 | Cigna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 7 | First Health medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 8 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 9 | Optum medicare|optumcare fee schedule · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|maricopafocus fee schedule · outpatient | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|neighborhood fee schedule · outpatient | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 13 | Optum medicare|optumhealth fee schedule · outpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.4k | $4.4k | — | — | — | $4.4k – $4.4k |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|workers comp fee schedule · outpatient | $6.4k | $6.4k | — | — | — | $6.4k – $6.4k |
| 16 | Cigna commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $11.1k | $11.1k | — | — | — | $11.1k – $11.1k |
| 17 | Cigna commercial|localplus surefit case rate · outpatient | $11.9k | $11.9k | — | — | — | $11.9k – $11.9k |
| 18 | Cigna commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $15.6k | $15.6k | — | — | — | $15.6k – $15.6k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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