Bartonella dna pcr-sendout 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

$80.61

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.

$211.00

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.

$14.74 with United vs $211.00 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 $14.74 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Options PPO $21.05 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21.05 ↓ -74%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -56%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -56%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -56%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -56%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $35.09 ↓ -56%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $35.09 ↓ -56%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $35.09 ↓ -56%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -56%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -56%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -56%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -56%
United Medicaid|All Plans $35.97 ↓ -55%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $38.60 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $40.09 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $72.99 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $78.01 ↓ -3%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $99.17 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $102.65 ↑ +27%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $110.45 ↑ +37%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $116.05 ↑ +44%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $120.95 ↑ +50%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $120.95 ↑ +50%
Other Commercial|NTN $126.60 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $137.15 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $147.70 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $147.70 ↑ +83%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $161.26 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $166.69 ↑ +107%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $211.00 ↑ +162%

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Bartonella dna pcr-sendout at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $23.43 $35.09 – $79.50
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $28.73 $35.09 – $79.50
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $52.45 $21.05 – $187.10
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $34.53 $19.66 – $108.08
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $24.80 $35.09 – $84.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $17.70 $35.09 – $84.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $23.64 $35.09 – $79.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $19.29 $35.09 – $84.80

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