Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1982733655
$96.27
Cash price 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.
$252.00
Gross charge 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.
$7.55 with United vs $46.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Commercial|Navigate | $7.55 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee | $8.74 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $10.79 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.79 | ↓ -89% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -81% |
| Mercy Care Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -81% |
| First Health | Medicare|All Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -81% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumCare | $17.98 | ↓ -81% |
| Care 1st | Medicare|All Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicare|Dual Complete | $17.98 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna | Medicare|All Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicare|All Other Plans | $17.98 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.43 | ↓ -81% |
| Optum | Medicare|OptumHealth | $19.78 | ↓ -79% |
| Optum | Commercial|OptumHealth | $21.62 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LifeSource | $25.30 | ↓ -74% |
| Other | Commercial|NTN | $27.60 | ↓ -71% |
| LifeTrac | Commercial|All Plans | $29.90 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Interlink | $32.20 | ↓ -67% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $32.20 | ↓ -67% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $36.34 | ↓ -62% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Exchange | $37.41 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit | $39.98 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $46.00 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Workers Comp | $46.00 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $46.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $46.00 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $46.00 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $46.00 | ↓ -52% |
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Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $15.69 | $17.98 – $53.25 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix | $19.24 | $17.98 – $53.25 |
| Arizona General Hospital Laveen | Phoenix | $62.52 | $10.78 – $87.53 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $26.33 | $7.56 – $41.58 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $16.61 | $17.98 – $56.80 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $11.86 | $17.98 – $56.80 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $15.83 | $17.98 – $53.25 |
| Banner Behavioral Health Hospital | Scottsdale | $41.60 | $17.98 – $49.70 |