Mayo fat/lipids feces quantitative 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

$43.55

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.

$114.00

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.

$7.06 with United vs $104.00 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.

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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 $7.06 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10.08 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.08 ↓ -77%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↓ -61%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↓ -61%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↓ -61%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $16.80 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↓ -61%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $16.80 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $16.80 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $16.80 ↓ -61%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $16.80 ↓ -61%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↓ -61%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↓ -61%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↓ -61%
United Medicaid|All Plans $17.22 ↓ -60%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $18.48 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $19.76 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $34.94 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $37.35 ↓ -14%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $48.88 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $49.14 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $52.86 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $57.20 ↑ +31%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $57.91 ↑ +33%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $57.91 ↑ +33%
Other Commercial|NTN $62.40 ↑ +43%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $67.60 ↑ +55%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $72.80 ↑ +67%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $72.80 ↑ +67%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $77.22 ↑ +77%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $82.16 ↑ +89%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $104.00 ↑ +139%

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Mayo fat/lipids feces quantitative at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $8.16 $16.80 – $38.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $8.06 $16.80 – $38.25
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $139.24 $10.08 – $479.58
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $16.54 $9.41 – $51.75
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $8.26 $16.80 – $40.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $7.96 $16.80 – $40.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $6.48 $16.80 – $38.25
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $7.70 $16.80 – $40.80

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