Bacterial vaginosis pcr 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

$673.09

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.

$1,762.00

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.

$29.48 with United vs $793.95 with MultiPlan — 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 $29.48 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Options PPO $42.12 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $42.12 ↓ -94%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -90%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -90%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -90%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -90%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $70.20 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $70.20 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $70.20 ↓ -90%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -90%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -90%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -90%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -90%
United Medicaid|All Plans $71.96 ↓ -89%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $77.22 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $146.02 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $156.05 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $190.95 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $205.34 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $220.99 ↓ -67%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $241.94 ↓ -64%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $241.94 ↓ -64%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $322.59 ↓ -52%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $472.35 ↓ -30%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $476.03 ↓ -29%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $552.75 ↓ -18%
Other Commercial|NTN $603.00 ↓ -10%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $653.25 ↓ -3%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $703.50 ↑ +5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $703.50 ↑ +5%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $793.95 ↑ +18%

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Bacterial vaginosis pcr at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $303.21 $70.20 – $158.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $371.81 $70.20 – $158.25
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $211.37 $42.12 – $754.10
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $113.21 $42.84 – $235.62
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $321.05 $70.20 – $168.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $229.12 $70.20 – $168.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $305.96 $70.20 – $158.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $249.70 $70.20 – $168.80

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