Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit 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

$235.32

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.

$616.00

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.

$34.80 with Health Choice vs $375.00 with United — 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
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $34.80 ↓ -85%
United Medicaid|All Plans $34.80 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $71.25 ↓ -70%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $87.67 ↓ -63%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $89.84 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $89.84 ↓ -62%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $89.84 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $89.84 ↓ -62%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $89.84 ↓ -62%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $89.84 ↓ -62%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $89.84 ↓ -62%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $89.84 ↓ -62%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $89.84 ↓ -62%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $89.84 ↓ -62%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $89.84 ↓ -62%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $92.54 ↓ -61%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $98.82 ↓ -58%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $176.25 ↓ -25%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $178.46 ↓ -24%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $178.46 ↓ -24%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $206.25 ↓ -12%
Other Commercial|NTN $225.00 ↓ -4%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $237.95 ↑ +1%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $243.75 ↑ +4%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $247.50 ↑ +5%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $262.50 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|Navigate $268.00 ↑ +14%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $296.25 ↑ +26%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $352.66 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $375.00 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|Options PPO $375.00 ↑ +59%

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Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $23.81 $31.25 – $148.24
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $25.02 $31.25 – $148.24
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $95.27 $34.80 – $339.88
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $15.50 $8.82 – $63.00
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $25.95 $30.23 – $148.24
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $15.72 $30.23 – $148.24
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $25.85 $31.25 – $148.24
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $10.51 $31.25 – $148.24

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