Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant 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

$147.07

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.

$385.00

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.

$27.59 with United vs $160.00 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 $27.59 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $30.40 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Options PPO $39.41 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $39.41 ↓ -73%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $65.69 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $65.69 ↓ -55%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $65.69 ↓ -55%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $65.69 ↓ -55%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $65.69 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $65.69 ↓ -55%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $65.69 ↓ -55%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $65.69 ↓ -55%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $65.69 ↓ -55%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $65.69 ↓ -55%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $65.69 ↓ -55%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $65.69 ↓ -55%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $65.69 ↓ -55%
United Medicaid|All Plans $67.33 ↓ -54%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $72.26 ↓ -51%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $75.20 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $88.00 ↓ -40%
Other Commercial|NTN $96.00 ↓ -35%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $104.00 ↓ -29%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $112.00 ↓ -24%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $112.00 ↓ -24%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $126.40 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $136.64 ↓ -7%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $146.03 ↓ -1%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $160.00 ↑ +9%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $160.00 ↑ +9%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $160.00 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $160.00 ↑ +9%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $160.00 ↑ +9%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $160.00 ↑ +9%

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Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $88.44 $65.69 – $148.50
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $59.28 $65.69 – $148.50
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $68.70 $39.41 – $319.70
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $64.64 $36.79 – $202.33
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $65.61 $65.69 – $158.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $46.17 $65.69 – $158.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $69.11 $65.69 – $148.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $71.96 $65.69 – $158.40

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