Tpmt gene com vrnts 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

$534.04

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.

$1,398.00

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.

$73.42 with United vs $1,342.87 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 $73.42 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Options PPO $104.89 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $104.89 ↓ -80%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $174.81 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $174.81 ↓ -67%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $174.81 ↓ -67%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $174.81 ↓ -67%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $174.81 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $174.81 ↓ -67%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $174.81 ↓ -67%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $174.81 ↓ -67%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $174.81 ↓ -67%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $174.81 ↓ -67%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $174.81 ↓ -67%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $174.81 ↓ -67%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $174.81 ↓ -67%
United Medicaid|All Plans $179.18 ↓ -66%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $192.29 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $265.62 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $363.62 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $388.61 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $511.34 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $550.25 ↑ +3%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $657.06 ↑ +23%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $682.52 ↑ +28%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $682.52 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $768.90 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $838.80 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $908.70 ↑ +70%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $910.02 ↑ +70%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $978.60 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $978.60 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,104.42 ↑ +107%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $1,342.87 ↑ +151%

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Tpmt gene com vrnts at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $235.20 $174.81 – $393.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $157.64 $174.81 – $393.75
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $172.02 $97.90 – $538.42
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Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $122.61 $174.81 – $420.00
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $183.77 $174.81 – $393.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $191.36 $174.81 – $420.00
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