Parathormone (pth) intact 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

$528.31

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.

$1,383.00

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.

$17.34 with United vs $188.00 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 $17.34 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Options PPO $24.77 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $24.77 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $35.72 ↓ -93%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $41.28 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $41.28 ↓ -92%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $41.28 ↓ -92%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $41.28 ↓ -92%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $41.28 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $41.28 ↓ -92%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $41.28 ↓ -92%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $41.28 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $41.28 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $41.28 ↓ -92%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $41.28 ↓ -92%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $41.28 ↓ -92%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $41.28 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|All Plans $42.31 ↓ -92%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $45.41 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $85.86 ↓ -84%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $88.36 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $91.76 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $103.40 ↓ -80%
Other Commercial|NTN $112.80 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $120.74 ↓ -77%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $122.20 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $129.94 ↓ -75%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $131.60 ↓ -75%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $131.60 ↓ -75%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $142.24 ↓ -73%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $142.24 ↓ -73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $148.52 ↓ -72%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $188.00 ↓ -64%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $188.00 ↓ -64%

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Parathormone (pth) intact at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $19.84 $41.28 – $93.00
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $19.59 $41.28 – $93.00
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $142.21 $24.76 – $200.90
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $144.90 $23.12 – $127.15
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $20.09 $41.28 – $99.20
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $19.34 $41.28 – $99.20
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $15.75 $41.28 – $93.00
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $72.65 $41.28 – $86.80

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