Drug test def 15-21 classes 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

$179.54

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.

$470.00

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.

$83.47 with United vs $470.00 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 $83.47 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $89.30 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|Options PPO $119.24 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $119.24 ↓ -34%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $198.74 ↑ +11%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $198.74 ↑ +11%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $198.74 ↑ +11%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $198.74 ↑ +11%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $198.74 ↑ +11%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $198.74 ↑ +11%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $198.74 ↑ +11%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $198.74 ↑ +11%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $198.74 ↑ +11%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $198.74 ↑ +11%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $198.74 ↑ +11%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $198.74 ↑ +11%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $198.74 ↑ +11%
United Medicaid|All Plans $203.71 ↑ +13%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $218.61 ↑ +22%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $220.90 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $258.50 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $282.00 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $305.50 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $329.00 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $329.00 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $371.30 ↑ +107%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $413.38 ↑ +130%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $441.80 ↑ +146%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $470.00 ↑ +162%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $470.00 ↑ +162%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $470.00 ↑ +162%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $470.00 ↑ +162%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $470.00 ↑ +162%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $470.00 ↑ +162%

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Drug test def 15-21 classes at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $59.32 $68.37 – $967.20
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $195.57 $87.70 – $482.30
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $63.98 $68.37 – $967.20
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $213.05 $87.70 – $526.15

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