Assay phosphatidylglycerol 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

$113.08

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.

$296.00

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.

$6.94 with United vs $101.00 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 $6.94 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9.91 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.91 ↓ -91%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $16.52 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.52 ↓ -85%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.52 ↓ -85%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $16.52 ↓ -85%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $16.52 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.52 ↓ -85%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $16.52 ↓ -85%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $16.52 ↓ -85%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $16.52 ↓ -85%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $16.52 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $16.52 ↓ -85%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $16.52 ↓ -85%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $16.52 ↓ -85%
United Medicaid|All Plans $16.93 ↓ -85%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $18.17 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $19.19 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $34.37 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $36.73 ↓ -68%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $47.47 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $48.33 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $51.98 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $55.55 ↓ -51%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $56.96 ↓ -50%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $56.96 ↓ -50%
Other Commercial|NTN $60.60 ↓ -46%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $65.65 ↓ -42%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $70.70 ↓ -37%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $70.70 ↓ -37%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $75.95 ↓ -33%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $79.79 ↓ -29%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $101.00 ↓ -11%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $68.70 $9.91 – $245.10
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