Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$173.05
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.
$453.00
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.
$21.55 with United vs $382.16 with Aetna — 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 | $21.55 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $30.79 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $30.79 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $38.76 | ↓ -78% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↓ -70% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $51.31 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↓ -70% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $51.31 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $51.31 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $51.31 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $51.31 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.31 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↓ -70% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.31 | ↓ -70% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $52.59 | ↓ -70% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare|All Plans | $52.85 | ↓ -69% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $56.44 | ↓ -67% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $95.88 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $112.20 | ↓ -35% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $122.40 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $127.94 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $127.94 | ↓ -26% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $132.60 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $142.80 | ↓ -17% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $142.80 | ↓ -17% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $161.16 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $170.59 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $204.00 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $204.00 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $382.16 | ↑ +121% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $382.16 | ↑ +121% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $382.16 | ↑ +121% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $34.03 | $51.31 – $115.50 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $41.73 | $51.31 – $115.50 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $48.32 | $30.78 – $367.23 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $73.61 | $29.96 – $164.78 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $152.10 | $51.31 – $123.20 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $25.72 | $51.31 – $123.20 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $34.34 | $51.31 – $115.50 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $90.23 | $51.31 – $107.80 |