Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers 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

$378.57

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.

$991.00

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.

$7.22 with United vs $314.75 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 $7.22 ↓ -98%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $17.86 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $20.90 ↓ -94%
Other Commercial|NTN $22.80 ↓ -94%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $24.70 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Navigate $26.10 ↓ -93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $26.60 ↓ -93%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $26.60 ↓ -93%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $30.02 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $37.28 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Options PPO $37.28 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $38.00 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $38.00 ↓ -90%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $38.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $38.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $38.00 ↓ -90%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $38.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $38.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $38.00 ↓ -90%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $38.00 ↓ -90%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $38.00 ↓ -90%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $38.00 ↓ -90%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $38.00 ↓ -90%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $38.00 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $38.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $38.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $38.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $38.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $38.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $38.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $38.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $38.00 ↓ -90%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $41.80 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|All Plans $63.69 ↓ -83%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $64.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $314.75 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $314.75 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $314.75 ↓ -17%

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