Lymphocyte transformation mitogen 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

$573.00

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.

$1,500.00

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.

$20.59 with United vs $350.76 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 Commercial|Navigate $20.59 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Options PPO $29.42 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $29.42 ↓ -95%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -91%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -91%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -91%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -91%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $49.03 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $49.03 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $49.03 ↓ -91%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -91%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -91%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -91%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|All Plans $50.26 ↓ -91%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $53.93 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $84.36 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $101.98 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $109.00 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $143.42 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $154.33 ↓ -73%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $168.95 ↓ -71%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $168.95 ↓ -71%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $208.68 ↓ -64%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $225.26 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $244.20 ↓ -57%
Other Commercial|NTN $266.40 ↓ -54%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $288.60 ↓ -50%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $310.80 ↓ -46%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $310.80 ↓ -46%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $332.41 ↓ -42%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $350.76 ↓ -39%

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Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $28.12 $49.03 – $111.00
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