Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptococcus neoformans 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

$37.44

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.

$98.00

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.

$5.64 with United vs $84.00 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 $5.64 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8.05 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.05 ↓ -78%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -64%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -64%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -64%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -64%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $13.42 ↓ -64%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $13.42 ↓ -64%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $13.42 ↓ -64%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -64%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -64%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -64%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -64%
United Medicaid|All Plans $13.76 ↓ -63%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $14.76 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $15.96 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $27.90 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $29.82 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $39.24 ↑ +5%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $39.48 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $42.26 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $46.20 ↑ +23%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $46.24 ↑ +24%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $46.24 ↑ +24%
Other Commercial|NTN $50.40 ↑ +35%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $54.60 ↑ +46%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $58.80 ↑ +57%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $58.80 ↑ +57%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $61.66 ↑ +65%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $66.36 ↑ +77%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $84.00 ↑ +124%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptococcus neoformans at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $48.09 $8.05 – $75.17
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $13.29 $5.04 – $27.72
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $10.00 $13.42 – $30.75
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $89.04 $13.42 – $68.00
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $51.87 $8.05 – $75.17
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $14.48 $5.04 – $30.24

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