Amniocentesisdiagnostic 59000 at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$367.89
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.
$1,110.78
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.
$799.77 with Aetna vs $4,342.49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $799.77 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $833.09 | ↑ +126% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $881.66 | ↑ +140% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $986.93 | ↑ +168% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $986.93 | ↑ +168% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $996.80 | ↑ +171% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $1,016.54 | ↑ +176% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,016.54 | ↑ +176% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $1,016.54 | ↑ +176% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,056.02 | ↑ +187% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,065.88 | ↑ +190% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,065.88 | ↑ +190% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,075.75 | ↑ +192% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $1,134.97 | ↑ +209% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,323.83 | ↑ +260% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $1,860.96 | ↑ +406% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,894.91 | ↑ +415% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $1,914.07 | ↑ +420% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,954.12 | ↑ +431% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,973.86 | ↑ +437% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,986.82 | ↑ +440% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $2,105.63 | ↑ +472% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $2,278.19 | ↑ +519% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,690.19 | ↑ +631% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $3,114.29 | ↑ +747% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $3,278.24 | ↑ +791% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,278.24 | ↑ +791% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $3,691.12 | ↑ +903% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,342.49 | ↑ +1080% |
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Amniocentesisdiagnostic 59000 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $849.60 | $459.89 – $5,532.79 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $849.60 | $462.19 – $4,421.25 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $200.20 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $2,383.68 | $1,066.57 – $3,240.23 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,300.60 | $1,026.37 – $2,612.11 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $2,383.68 | $1,066.57 – $2,904.99 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $2,383.68 | $1,069.56 – $3,000.76 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $363.30 | not published |