Hla i & ii type verify lr 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

$556.20

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.

$1,456.00

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.

$169.90 with United vs $1,456.00 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 $169.90 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Options PPO $242.71 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $242.71 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $276.64 ↓ -50%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $404.52 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $404.52 ↓ -27%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $404.52 ↓ -27%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $404.52 ↓ -27%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $404.52 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $404.52 ↓ -27%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $404.52 ↓ -27%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $404.52 ↓ -27%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $404.52 ↓ -27%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $404.52 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $404.52 ↓ -27%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $404.52 ↓ -27%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $404.52 ↓ -27%
United Medicaid|All Plans $414.63 ↓ -25%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $444.97 ↓ -20%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $684.32 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $800.80 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $841.41 ↑ +51%
Other Commercial|NTN $873.60 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $899.25 ↑ +62%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $946.40 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $1,019.20 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,019.20 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,150.24 ↑ +107%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,183.23 ↑ +113%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,273.30 ↑ +129%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $1,456.00 ↑ +162%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $1,456.00 ↑ +162%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $1,456.00 ↑ +162%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $1,456.00 ↑ +162%

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Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $543.77 $404.52 – $910.50
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