Administration vaccine influenza virus at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$43.95
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.
$132.68
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.
$52.30 with SoundPath vs $230.12 with Aetna — 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $52.30 | ↑ +19% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $52.30 | ↑ +19% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $52.82 | ↑ +20% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $53.11 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $53.87 | ↑ +23% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $53.87 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $53.87 | ↑ +23% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $55.96 | ↑ +27% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $56.48 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $56.48 | ↑ +29% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $57.01 | ↑ +30% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $60.15 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $95.53 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $99.51 | ↑ +126% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $100.42 | ↑ +128% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $103.55 | ↑ +136% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $104.60 | ↑ +138% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $109.95 | ↑ +150% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $115.28 | ↑ +162% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $117.40 | ↑ +167% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $126.82 | ↑ +189% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $128.52 | ↑ +192% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $134.62 | ↑ +206% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $158.94 | ↑ +262% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $165.01 | ↑ +275% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $173.70 | ↑ +295% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $173.70 | ↑ +295% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $195.60 | ↑ +345% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $230.12 | ↑ +424% |
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Administration vaccine influenza virus at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $24.80 | $27.17 – $333.24 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $24.80 | $27.30 – $224.76 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $34.56 | $54.22 – $179.12 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $34.56 | $54.22 – $173.40 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $34.56 | $54.38 – $179.12 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $15.36 | $53.33 – $171.50 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $24.40 | $26.08 – $188.55 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $22.00 | $55.86 – $147.83 |