Fetal hemoglobin rosette 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

$40.88

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.

$107.00

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.

$3.93 with United vs $84.53 with MultiPlan — 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 $3.93 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.62 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.62 ↓ -86%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -77%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $9.36 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -77%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $9.36 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $9.36 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -77%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -77%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -77%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -77%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -77%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -77%
United Medicaid|All Plans $9.59 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $9.64 ↓ -76%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $10.30 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $19.46 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $20.33 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $20.79 ↓ -49%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $23.34 ↓ -43%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $23.34 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $27.36 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $29.44 ↓ -28%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $31.12 ↓ -24%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $46.12 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $47.37 ↑ +16%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $47.37 ↑ +16%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $47.37 ↑ +16%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $50.29 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $58.85 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $64.20 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $69.55 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $70.62 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $74.90 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $84.53 ↑ +107%

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Fetal hemoglobin rosette at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $5.31 $9.36 – $21.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $6.55 $9.36 – $21.75
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $54.86 $9.36 – $171.71
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $3.97 $9.36 – $23.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $13.05 $9.36 – $21.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $5.36 $9.36 – $23.20
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande $6.15 $9.36 – $21.75
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West $5.54 $9.36 – $23.20

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