Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each additional hour 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

$312.48

Cash price

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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.

$818.00

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.

$28.97 with United vs $818.00 with United — 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 $28.97 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $74.02 ↓ -76%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -76%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $75.85 ↓ -76%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -76%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -76%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -76%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -76%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -76%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $75.85 ↓ -76%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -76%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $83.44 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $155.42 ↓ -50%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $197.64 ↓ -37%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $197.64 ↓ -37%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $263.52 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $286.30 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $310.84 ↓ -1%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $384.46 ↑ +23%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $388.86 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $400.82 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $449.90 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $482.62 ↑ +54%
Other Commercial|NTN $490.80 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $531.70 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $572.60 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $572.60 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $632.00 ↑ +102%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $646.22 ↑ +107%
United Commercial|Navigate $818.00 ↑ +162%
United Commercial|Options PPO $818.00 ↑ +162%

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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each additional hour at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $56.77 $44.93 – $125.15
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $49.68 $44.93 – $125.15
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $451.41 $28.97 – $1,412.95
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $84.02 $42.10 – $188.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $55.22 $42.10 – $188.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $78.68 $44.93 – $125.15
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $40.03 $44.93 – $132.80
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $29.05 $42.10 – $124.50

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