Antinuclear antibodies titer at St. Joseph Medical Center

1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$33.58

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.

$101.38

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.

$11.16 with Kaiser vs $82.70 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.

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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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.16 ↓ -67%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $11.16 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $11.16 ↓ -67%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $11.27 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $11.49 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.49 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $11.72 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $11.86 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.94 ↓ -64%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $12.05 ↓ -64%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.05 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $12.16 ↓ -64%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $12.83 ↓ -62%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $12.83 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $13.39 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13.39 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Navigate $13.39 ↓ -60%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $16.74 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $16.74 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $20.25 ↓ -40%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $21.43 ↓ -36%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $22.10 ↓ -34%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $22.32 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $41.74 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $49.10 ↑ +46%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $67.83 ↑ +102%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $73.00 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $76.04 ↑ +126%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $82.70 ↑ +146%

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Antinuclear antibodies titer at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $28.00 $7.37 – $26.16
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $28.00 $7.41 – $21.87
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $63.00 not published
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $102.20 $11.16 – $40.18
Central Medical Center Seattle $41.60 $8.00 – $8.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $105.00 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $197.40 $11.16 – $20.65
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $80.50 $11.16 – $47.63

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