Chromosome study additional 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

$155.86

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.

$408.00

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.

$14.46 with United vs $322.32 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 $14.46 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Options PPO $20.66 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.66 ↓ -87%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $34.43 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $34.43 ↓ -78%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $34.43 ↓ -78%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $34.43 ↓ -78%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $34.43 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $34.43 ↓ -78%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $34.43 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $34.43 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $34.43 ↓ -78%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $34.43 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $34.43 ↓ -78%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $34.43 ↓ -78%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $34.43 ↓ -78%
United Medicaid|All Plans $35.29 ↓ -77%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $37.87 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $71.62 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $76.54 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $77.52 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $100.71 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $108.36 ↓ -30%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $134.42 ↓ -14%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $134.42 ↓ -14%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $179.22 ↑ +15%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $191.76 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $224.40 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $244.80 ↑ +57%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $264.47 ↑ +70%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $265.20 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $285.60 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $285.60 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $322.32 ↑ +107%

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Chromosome study additional at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $41.00 $34.43 – $124.50
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $36.85 $34.43 – $124.50
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $94.35 $20.65 – $336.61
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $33.95 $19.32 – $106.26
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $25.48 $34.43 – $83.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $24.54 $34.43 – $83.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $35.36 $34.43 – $124.50
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $35.86 $34.43 – $132.80

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