#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell 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

$111.93

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.

$293.00

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.

$8.22 with United vs $78.00 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 $8.22 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11.74 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.74 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $14.82 ↓ -87%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -83%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -83%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -83%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -83%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $19.56 ↓ -83%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $19.56 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $19.56 ↓ -83%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -83%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -83%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -82%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $21.52 ↓ -81%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $36.66 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $40.67 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $42.90 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $43.47 ↓ -61%
Other Commercial|NTN $46.80 ↓ -58%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $50.70 ↓ -55%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $54.60 ↓ -51%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $54.60 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $57.20 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $61.57 ↓ -45%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $61.62 ↓ -45%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $67.40 ↓ -40%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $67.40 ↓ -40%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $78.00 ↓ -30%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $78.00 ↓ -30%

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#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $23.43 $19.56 – $48.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $28.73 $19.56 – $48.00
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $67.10 $11.73 – $95.19
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $24.60 $10.92 – $60.06
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $24.80 $19.56 – $51.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $17.70 $19.56 – $51.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $23.64 $19.56 – $48.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $19.29 $19.56 – $51.20

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