Vancomycin peak therapeutic drug level 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

$116.51

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.

$305.00

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.

$5.69 with United vs $240.95 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 $5.69 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8.12 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.12 ↓ -93%
Care 1st Medicare|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -88%
Optum Medicare|OptumCare $13.54 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -88%
First Health Medicare|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Other Plans $13.54 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|Dual Complete $13.54 ↓ -88%
Cigna Medicare|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -88%
BCBS - AZ Medicare|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -88%
Health Choice Medicaid|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -88%
Health Choice Medicare|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -88%
Mercy Care Plan Medicaid|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -88%
Mercy Care Plan Medicare|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|All Plans $13.88 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health Medicare|All Plans $13.95 ↓ -88%
Optum Medicare|OptumHealth $14.89 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|Exchange $28.16 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus SureFit $30.10 ↓ -74%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|MaricopaFocus $33.77 ↓ -71%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Neighborhood $33.77 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $39.60 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $42.63 ↓ -63%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|All Other Plans $45.03 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|DignityHealthEmployee $57.95 ↓ -50%
BCBS - AZ Commercial|Workers Comp $66.73 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $68.60 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $68.60 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $68.60 ↓ -41%
Optum Commercial|OptumHealth $143.35 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|LifeSource $167.75 ↑ +44%
Other Commercial|NTN $183.00 ↑ +57%
LifeTrac Commercial|All Plans $198.25 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $201.30 ↑ +73%
Health Net Commercial|Interlink $213.50 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $240.95 ↑ +107%

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Vancomycin peak therapeutic drug level at other Arizona hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix $32.32 $13.54 – $30.75
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix $31.92 $13.54 – $30.75
Arizona General Hospital Laveen Phoenix $9.39 $8.12 – $65.92
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Gilbert $108.00 $13.54 – $338.03
Banner University Medical Center Tucson Tucson $29.65 $13.54 – $32.80
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson $28.55 $13.54 – $32.80
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa $25.65 $13.54 – $30.75
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City $30.50 $13.54 – $32.80

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