Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution 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

$1,163.19

Cash price

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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.

$3,045.00

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.

$5.94 with Cigna vs $773.55 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
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $5.94 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $6.37 ↓ -99%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $6.52 ↓ -99%
United Medicaid|All Plans $6.52 ↓ -99%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $8.08 ↓ -99%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $8.17 ↓ -99%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $8.38 ↓ -99%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $8.38 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.38 ↓ -99%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $8.38 ↓ -99%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $8.38 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.38 ↓ -99%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $8.38 ↓ -99%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $8.38 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $8.38 ↓ -99%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $8.38 ↓ -99%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $8.38 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $8.63 ↓ -99%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $8.77 ↓ -99%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $8.77 ↓ -99%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $8.77 ↓ -99%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $8.77 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Navigate $8.90 ↓ -99%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $9.22 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.43 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9.43 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $181.45 ↓ -84%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $362.90 ↓ -69%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $470.00 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $550.00 ↓ -53%
Other Commercial|NTN $600.00 ↓ -48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $630.30 ↓ -46%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $650.00 ↓ -44%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $700.00 ↓ -40%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $773.55 ↓ -33%

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Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $486.63 $4.81 – $1,657.70
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $1,591.87 $5.94 – $1,636.25
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott $4,345.16 $6.52 – $1,066.75
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa $524.88 $4.81 – $1,657.70
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $1,734.23 $5.94 – $1,785.00

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