Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic subcutaneous/im 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

$156.62

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.

$410.00

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.

$15.02 with United vs $308.10 with MultiPlan — 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 Medicaid|All Plans $15.02 ↓ -90%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $15.02 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $74.02 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $74.10 ↓ -53%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $75.85 ↓ -52%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -52%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -52%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -52%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -52%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -52%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $75.85 ↓ -52%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $75.85 ↓ -52%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $78.13 ↓ -50%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $83.44 ↓ -47%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $90.47 ↓ -42%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $90.47 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|Navigate $99.00 ↓ -37%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $120.62 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $145.00 ↓ -7%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $178.77 ↑ +14%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $183.30 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $196.80 ↑ +26%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $196.80 ↑ +26%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $196.80 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $214.50 ↑ +37%
United Commercial|Options PPO $217.00 ↑ +39%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $230.10 ↑ +47%
Other Commercial|NTN $234.00 ↑ +49%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $253.50 ↑ +62%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $270.60 ↑ +73%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $270.60 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $273.00 ↑ +74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $308.10 ↑ +97%

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic subcutaneous/im at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $64.45 $44.93 – $162.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $54.25 $44.93 – $162.75
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $115.19 $15.02 – $410.96
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $195.57 $15.02 – $198.66
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $92.20 $44.93 – $203.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $133.86 $44.93 – $203.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $54.47 $44.93 – $162.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $47.52 $44.93 – $173.60

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