Immunoassay tumor antigen quantitative ca 19-9 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

$49.28

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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.

$129.00

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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$8.74 with United vs $129.00 with BCBS - AZ — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $8.74 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12.49 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.49 ↓ -75%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $20.81 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $20.81 ↓ -58%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $20.81 ↓ -58%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $20.81 ↓ -58%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $20.81 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $20.81 ↓ -58%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $20.81 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $20.81 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $20.81 ↓ -58%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $20.81 ↓ -58%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $20.81 ↓ -58%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $20.81 ↓ -58%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $20.81 ↓ -58%
United Medicaid|All Plans $21.33 ↓ -57%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $22.89 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $24.51 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $43.30 ↓ -12%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $46.27 ↓ -6%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $60.63 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $60.89 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $65.50 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $70.95 ↑ +44%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $71.71 ↑ +46%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $71.71 ↑ +46%
Other Commercial|NTN $77.40 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $83.85 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $90.30 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $90.30 ↑ +83%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $95.62 ↑ +94%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $101.91 ↑ +107%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $129.00 ↑ +162%

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Immunoassay tumor antigen quantitative ca 19-9 at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $11.97 $20.81 – $47.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $15.44 $20.81 – $47.25
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $29.55 $12.48 – $105.40
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $20.48 $11.66 – $64.10
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $13.54 $20.81 – $50.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $8.57 $20.81 – $50.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $10.58 $20.81 – $47.25
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $36.91 $20.81 – $44.10

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