Chemo ia push tecnique 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

$519.14

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.

$1,359.00

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.

$106.57 with United vs $1,250.58 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 Medicaid|All Plans $106.57 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $258.21 ↓ -50%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $344.98 ↓ -34%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $353.52 ↓ -32%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $353.52 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $353.52 ↓ -32%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $353.52 ↓ -32%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $353.52 ↓ -32%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $353.52 ↓ -32%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $353.52 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $353.52 ↓ -32%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $353.52 ↓ -32%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $353.52 ↓ -32%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $353.52 ↓ -32%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $353.52 ↓ -32%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $388.87 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $475.65 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $516.42 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $632.00 ↑ +22%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $635.61 ↑ +22%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $635.61 ↑ +22%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $638.73 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $665.91 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $747.45 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $801.81 ↑ +54%
Other Commercial|NTN $815.40 ↑ +57%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $847.48 ↑ +63%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $883.35 ↑ +70%
United Commercial|Options PPO $922.00 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $951.30 ↑ +83%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $951.30 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|Navigate $1,067.00 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,073.61 ↑ +107%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $1,250.58 ↑ +141%

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Chemo ia push tecnique at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $151.64 $152.54 – $583.31
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $135.86 $152.54 – $583.31
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $334.32 $106.57 – $1,046.43
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $306.53 $155.27 – $732.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $82.17 $152.54 – $583.31
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $100.33 $155.27 – $530.28
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $120.84 $152.54 – $583.31
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $276.94 $152.54 – $583.31

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