Protein total serum plasma whole blood 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

$58.45

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.

$153.00

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.

$1.54 with United vs $120.87 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 $1.54 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2.20 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.20 ↓ -96%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $3.67 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3.67 ↓ -94%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $3.67 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3.67 ↓ -94%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $3.67 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $3.67 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $3.67 ↓ -94%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $3.67 ↓ -94%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $3.67 ↓ -94%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $3.67 ↓ -94%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $3.67 ↓ -94%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3.67 ↓ -94%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $3.67 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|All Plans $3.76 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $3.78 ↓ -94%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $4.04 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $7.65 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $8.17 ↓ -86%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $9.13 ↓ -84%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $9.13 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $10.76 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $11.57 ↓ -80%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $12.17 ↓ -79%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $18.04 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $18.62 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $18.62 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $18.62 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $29.07 ↓ -50%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $71.91 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $84.15 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $91.80 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $99.45 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $100.98 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $107.10 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $120.87 ↑ +107%

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Protein total serum plasma whole blood at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $8.96 $3.67 – $39.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $8.85 $3.67 – $42.00
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $38.48 $2.20 – $40.85
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $41.09 $2.06 – $11.31
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $9.07 $3.67 – $42.40
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $8.74 $3.67 – $42.40
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $7.11 $3.67 – $39.75
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Scottsdale $32.81 $3.67 – $39.20

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