Antibody bacterium, not elsewhere specified 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

$138.29

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.

$362.00

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.

$5.41 with United vs $63.00 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 $5.41 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7.73 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.73 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $11.97 ↓ -91%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $12.88 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.88 ↓ -91%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $12.88 ↓ -91%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $12.88 ↓ -91%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $12.88 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.88 ↓ -91%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $12.88 ↓ -91%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $12.88 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $12.88 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $12.88 ↓ -91%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $12.88 ↓ -91%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $12.88 ↓ -91%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $12.88 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|All Plans $13.20 ↓ -90%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $14.17 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $26.78 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $28.63 ↓ -79%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $29.61 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $34.65 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $37.67 ↓ -73%
Other Commercial|NTN $37.80 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $40.55 ↓ -71%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $40.95 ↓ -70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $44.10 ↓ -68%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $44.10 ↓ -68%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $44.39 ↓ -68%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $44.39 ↓ -68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $49.77 ↓ -64%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $59.19 ↓ -57%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $63.00 ↓ -54%

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Antibody bacterium, not elsewhere specified at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $29.07 $12.88 – $114.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $37.48 $12.88 – $114.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $32.89 $12.88 – $122.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $20.81 $12.88 – $122.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $25.70 $12.88 – $114.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $28.00 $12.88 – $122.40
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $26.01 $12.88 – $114.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $20.04 $12.88 – $122.40

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