Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$283.41
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.
$855.71
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.
$207.31 with BCBS - Regence vs $1,536.39 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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| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $207.31 | ↓ -27% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $207.31 | ↓ -27% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $207.31 | ↓ -27% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $209.38 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $213.53 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $213.53 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $217.68 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $220.37 | ↓ -22% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $221.82 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $223.89 | ↓ -21% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $223.89 | ↓ -21% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $225.97 | ↓ -20% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $238.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $238.41 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $248.77 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $248.77 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $248.77 | ↓ -12% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $310.97 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $310.97 | ↑ +10% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $375.97 | ↑ +33% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $398.04 | ↑ +40% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $410.47 | ↑ +45% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $414.62 | ↑ +46% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $513.43 | ↑ +81% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $564.07 | ↑ +99% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $616.12 | ↑ +117% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $620.52 | ↑ +119% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $641.79 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $775.34 | ↑ +174% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $912.16 | ↑ +222% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $1,536.39 | ↑ +442% |
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Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $361.20 | $83.94 – $297.99 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $361.20 | $84.36 – $406.33 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $780.96 | $186.58 – $629.81 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $780.96 | $186.58 – $621.93 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $780.96 | $186.58 – $460.23 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $644.80 | $128.00 – $128.00 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | $394.16 | $207.31 – $606.38 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $780.96 | $207.31 – $829.24 |