Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$168.85
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.
$442.00
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.
$38.27 with United vs $421.00 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 | Medicaid|All Plans | $38.27 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $38.27 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $79.99 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $99.00 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $145.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $197.87 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $212.16 | ↑ +26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $212.16 | ↑ +26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $212.16 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $217.00 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $219.13 | ↑ +30% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $224.56 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $224.56 | ↑ +33% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $224.56 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $224.56 | ↑ +33% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $224.56 | ↑ +33% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $224.56 | ↑ +33% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $224.56 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $224.56 | ↑ +33% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $224.56 | ↑ +33% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $224.56 | ↑ +33% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $224.56 | ↑ +33% |
| Devoted Health | Medicare|All Plans | $231.30 | ↑ +37% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $231.55 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $233.41 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $233.41 | ↑ +38% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $247.02 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $248.39 | ↑ +47% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $252.60 | ↑ +50% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $273.65 | ↑ +62% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $291.72 | ↑ +73% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $294.70 | ↑ +75% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $311.21 | ↑ +84% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $332.59 | ↑ +97% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $421.00 | ↑ +149% |
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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $149.98 | $77.79 – $378.75 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $126.25 | $77.79 – $378.75 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $123.21 | $38.27 – $439.55 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $304.80 | $38.27 – $693.84 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $88.72 | $77.79 – $370.52 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $119.57 | $77.79 – $370.52 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $126.75 | $77.79 – $378.75 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $110.60 | $77.79 – $404.00 |