Drug assay vedolizumab 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

$55.78

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.

$146.00

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.

$16.20 with United vs $146.00 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 $16.20 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|Options PPO $23.14 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.14 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $27.74 ↓ -50%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $38.57 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $38.57 ↓ -31%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $38.57 ↓ -31%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $38.57 ↓ -31%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $38.57 ↓ -31%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $38.57 ↓ -31%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $38.57 ↓ -31%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $38.57 ↓ -31%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $38.57 ↓ -31%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $38.57 ↓ -31%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $38.57 ↓ -31%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $38.57 ↓ -31%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $38.57 ↓ -31%
United Medicaid|All Plans $39.53 ↓ -29%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $42.43 ↓ -24%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $68.62 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $80.22 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $80.30 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $85.74 ↑ +54%
Other Commercial|NTN $87.60 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $94.90 ↑ +70%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $96.33 ↑ +73%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $96.33 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $102.20 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $102.20 ↑ +83%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $112.82 ↑ +102%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $115.34 ↑ +107%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $121.42 ↑ +118%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $128.44 ↑ +130%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $146.00 ↑ +162%

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Drug assay vedolizumab at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $50.72 $37.37 – $237.75
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $279.95 $38.57 – $876.26
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $51.35 $38.57 – $253.60
Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa $47.55 $38.57 – $237.75
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert $52.62 $38.57 – $237.75
Banner Page Hospital Page $177.84 $38.57 – $301.15
Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler $304.99 $23.14 – $955.92

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