Organic acids total quant ea spec 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

$123.77

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.

$324.00

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.

$9.91 with United vs $96.00 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 $9.91 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14.16 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.16 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $18.24 ↓ -85%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $23.60 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $23.60 ↓ -81%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $23.60 ↓ -81%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $23.60 ↓ -81%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $23.60 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $23.60 ↓ -81%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $23.60 ↓ -81%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $23.60 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $23.60 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $23.60 ↓ -81%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $23.60 ↓ -81%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $23.60 ↓ -81%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $23.60 ↓ -81%
United Medicaid|All Plans $24.19 ↓ -80%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $25.96 ↓ -79%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $45.12 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $49.09 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $52.46 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $52.80 ↓ -57%
Other Commercial|NTN $57.60 ↓ -53%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $62.40 ↓ -50%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $67.20 ↓ -46%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $67.20 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $69.03 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $74.30 ↓ -40%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $75.84 ↓ -39%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $81.34 ↓ -34%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $81.34 ↓ -34%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $96.00 ↓ -22%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $96.00 ↓ -22%

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Organic acids total quant ea spec at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $16.16 $23.60 – $53.25
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $15.96 $23.60 – $53.25
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Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $15.76 $23.60 – $56.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $12.83 $23.60 – $53.25
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