Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$19.49

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$51.00

Gross charge

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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.

$7.70 with Health Choice vs $40.29 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $7.70 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|All Plans $7.70 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $8.49 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $9.11 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $9.69 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.99 ↓ -38%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $12.77 ↓ -34%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $12.77 ↓ -34%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $12.77 ↓ -34%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $12.77 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.90 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16.90 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16.90 ↓ -13%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $19.38 ↓ -1%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $23.45 ↑ +20%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $23.97 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $28.05 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $30.60 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $33.15 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $33.66 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $35.70 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $40.29 ↑ +107%

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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $26.33 $6.44 – $39.48
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $278.25 $7.70 – $356.25
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $28.68 $6.44 – $39.48

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