Histochemical stains add-on at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$153.57
Cash price 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.
$402.00
Gross charge 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.
$28.47 with United vs $277.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Commercial|Navigate | $28.47 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $40.67 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $40.67 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $52.63 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $92.98 | ↓ -39% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $130.19 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $148.03 | ↓ -4% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $152.35 | ↓ -1% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $158.21 | ↑ +3% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $166.20 | ↑ +8% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $180.05 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $193.90 | ↑ +26% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $193.90 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $208.17 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $216.19 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $216.19 | ↑ +41% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $218.83 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $237.14 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $277.00 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $277.00 | ↑ +80% |
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Histochemical stains add-on at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $96.74 | $22.59 – $261.00 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $85.96 | $22.59 – $261.00 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $52.22 | $40.66 – $366.65 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $73.78 | $41.99 – $299.88 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $68.64 | $22.59 – $207.20 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $72.78 | $22.59 – $207.20 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $76.56 | $22.59 – $261.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $76.21 | $22.59 – $278.40 |