Fibrinolytic plasminogen 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

$94.36

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.

$247.00

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 $195.13 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 $7.22 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10.31 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.31 ↓ -89%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $17.19 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $17.19 ↓ -82%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $17.19 ↓ -82%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $17.19 ↓ -82%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $17.19 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $17.19 ↓ -82%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $17.19 ↓ -82%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $17.19 ↓ -82%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $17.19 ↓ -82%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $17.19 ↓ -82%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $17.19 ↓ -82%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $17.19 ↓ -82%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $17.19 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|All Plans $17.62 ↓ -81%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $18.91 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $35.74 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $38.20 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $46.93 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $50.27 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $54.11 ↓ -43%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $59.24 ↓ -37%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $59.24 ↓ -37%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $78.99 ↓ -16%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $116.09 ↑ +23%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $116.56 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $135.85 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $148.20 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $160.55 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $172.90 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $172.90 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $195.13 ↑ +107%

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Fibrinolytic plasminogen at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $15.37 $17.19 – $63.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $18.98 $17.19 – $63.00
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $56.57 $10.31 – $201.80
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $16.92 $9.63 – $52.95
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $11.51 $17.19 – $67.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $10.92 $17.19 – $67.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $37.80 $17.19 – $63.00
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $15.54 $17.19 – $67.20

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