Cold agglutinin titer 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

$18.72

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.

$49.00

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.

$3.39 with United vs $49.00 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 $3.39 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4.84 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.84 ↓ -74%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $8.06 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.06 ↓ -57%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.06 ↓ -57%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $8.06 ↓ -57%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $8.06 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.06 ↓ -57%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $8.06 ↓ -57%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $8.06 ↓ -57%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $8.06 ↓ -57%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $8.06 ↓ -57%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $8.06 ↓ -57%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $8.06 ↓ -57%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $8.06 ↓ -57%
United Medicaid|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -56%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $8.87 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $9.31 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $16.77 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $17.92 ↓ -4%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $23.03 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.58 ↑ +26%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $25.37 ↑ +36%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $26.95 ↑ +44%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $27.79 ↑ +48%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $27.79 ↑ +48%
Other Commercial|NTN $29.40 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $31.85 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $34.30 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $34.30 ↑ +83%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $37.06 ↑ +98%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $38.71 ↑ +107%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $49.00 ↑ +162%

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Cold agglutinin titer at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $4.75 $8.06 – $18.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $6.12 $8.06 – $18.75
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $11.23 $4.83 – $40.04
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $7.94 $4.52 – $24.83
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $5.38 $8.06 – $20.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $3.40 $8.06 – $20.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $4.20 $8.06 – $18.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $4.58 $8.06 – $20.00

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