Iron sucrose 20 mg iron/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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

$210.49

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.

$551.00

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.

$0.24 with Health Choice vs $232.26 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
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $0.24 ↓ -100%
United Medicaid|All Plans $0.24 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $0.30 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $0.32 ↓ -100%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $0.39 ↓ -100%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $0.39 ↓ -100%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $0.39 ↓ -100%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $0.39 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.42 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.59 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $0.59 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $0.59 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $0.82 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $55.86 ↓ -73%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $111.72 ↓ -47%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $138.18 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $161.70 ↓ -23%
Other Commercial|NTN $176.40 ↓ -16%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $191.10 ↓ -9%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $194.04 ↓ -8%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $205.80 ↓ -2%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $232.26 ↑ +10%

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Iron sucrose 20 mg iron/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $143.13 $0.24 – $510.63
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $153.75 $0.24 – $481.25
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $509.02 $0.24 – $315.40
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $154.38 $0.24 – $510.63
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $167.50 $0.24 – $525.00

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