#a/b/c/c/h pnl-candida albicans ab 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

$26.36

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.

$69.00

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.

$5.04 with United vs $68.00 with BCBS - AZ — 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 Commercial|Navigate $5.04 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7.21 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.21 ↓ -73%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $12.01 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.01 ↓ -54%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $12.01 ↓ -54%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $12.01 ↓ -54%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $12.01 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.01 ↓ -54%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $12.01 ↓ -54%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $12.01 ↓ -54%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $12.01 ↓ -54%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $12.01 ↓ -54%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $12.01 ↓ -54%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $12.01 ↓ -54%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $12.01 ↓ -54%
United Medicaid|All Plans $12.31 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $12.92 ↓ -51%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $13.21 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $24.99 ↓ -5%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $26.71 ↑ +1%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $31.96 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $35.15 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $37.40 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $37.82 ↑ +43%
Other Commercial|NTN $40.80 ↑ +55%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $41.41 ↑ +57%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $41.41 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $44.20 ↑ +68%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $47.60 ↑ +81%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $47.60 ↑ +81%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $53.72 ↑ +104%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $55.21 ↑ +109%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $68.00 ↑ +158%

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#a/b/c/c/h pnl-candida albicans ab at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $13.49 $12.01 – $53.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $17.40 $12.01 – $53.25
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $15.81 $7.20 – $58.47
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $11.82 $6.73 – $37.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $15.27 $12.01 – $56.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $9.66 $12.01 – $56.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $11.93 $12.01 – $53.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $12.99 $12.01 – $56.80

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