Glucose blood quantitative 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

$59.60

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.

$156.00

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.

$1.65 with United vs $95.59 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 $1.65 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2.36 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.36 ↓ -96%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -93%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $3.93 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -93%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -93%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $3.93 ↓ -93%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $3.93 ↓ -93%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -93%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -93%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -93%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -93%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -93%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -93%
United Medicaid|All Plans $4.03 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $4.05 ↓ -93%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $4.32 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $8.16 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $8.72 ↓ -85%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $9.82 ↓ -84%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $9.82 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.48 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $12.36 ↓ -79%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $13.09 ↓ -78%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $19.40 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $19.89 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $19.89 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $19.89 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $22.99 ↓ -61%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $56.87 ↓ -5%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $66.55 ↑ +12%
Other Commercial|NTN $72.60 ↑ +22%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $78.65 ↑ +32%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $84.70 ↑ +42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $84.70 ↑ +42%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $95.59 ↑ +60%

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Glucose blood quantitative at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $13.74 $2.35 – $19.11
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $41.09 $2.24 – $12.32
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $42.30 $3.93 – $7.65
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $14.82 $2.35 – $19.11
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $44.76 $2.24 – $13.44

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