Fructosamine glycated protein 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

$28.27

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.

$74.00

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.

$7.04 with United vs $67.00 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 $7.04 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10.06 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.06 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $12.73 ↓ -55%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.76 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.76 ↓ -41%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $16.76 ↓ -41%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $16.76 ↓ -41%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $16.76 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.76 ↓ -41%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $16.76 ↓ -41%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $16.76 ↓ -41%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $16.76 ↓ -41%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $16.76 ↓ -41%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $16.76 ↓ -41%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $16.76 ↓ -41%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $16.76 ↓ -41%
United Medicaid|All Plans $17.18 ↓ -39%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $18.44 ↓ -35%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $31.49 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $34.85 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $36.85 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $37.24 ↑ +32%
Other Commercial|NTN $40.20 ↑ +42%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $43.55 ↑ +54%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $46.90 ↑ +66%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $46.90 ↑ +66%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $49.01 ↑ +73%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $52.77 ↑ +87%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $52.93 ↑ +87%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $57.77 ↑ +104%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $57.77 ↑ +104%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $67.00 ↑ +137%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $67.00 ↑ +137%

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Fructosamine glycated protein at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $8.48 $16.76 – $39.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $8.37 $16.76 – $39.75
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $5.73 $10.05 – $81.59
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $16.50 $9.39 – $51.63
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $8.59 $16.76 – $40.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $8.27 $16.76 – $40.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $6.73 $16.76 – $39.75
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $31.05 $16.76 – $37.10

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