Diabetes (HbA1c) Test 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

$91.68

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.

$240.00

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.

$3.80 with United vs $49.16 with Aetna — 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|DignityHealthEmployee $3.80 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Navigate $4.08 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.83 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.83 ↓ -94%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $9.40 ↓ -90%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $9.71 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.71 ↓ -89%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $9.71 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.71 ↓ -89%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $9.71 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $9.71 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $9.71 ↓ -89%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $9.71 ↓ -89%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $9.71 ↓ -89%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $9.71 ↓ -89%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $9.71 ↓ -89%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $9.71 ↓ -89%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.71 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|All Plans $9.95 ↓ -89%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $10.00 ↓ -89%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $10.68 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $11.00 ↓ -88%
Other Commercial|NTN $12.00 ↓ -87%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $13.00 ↓ -86%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $14.00 ↓ -85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14.00 ↓ -85%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $15.80 ↓ -83%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $20.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $20.00 ↓ -78%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $20.00 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $20.00 ↓ -78%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $20.00 ↓ -78%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $20.00 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $20.00 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $20.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $49.16 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $49.16 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $49.16 ↓ -46%

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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $28.32 $9.71 – $132.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $27.97 $9.71 – $132.75
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $46.72 $5.82 – $47.24
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $74.30 $9.71 – $232.54
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $20.25 $9.71 – $100.00
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $19.50 $9.71 – $100.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $22.48 $9.71 – $132.75
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $103.70 $9.71 – $123.90

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