Assay phosphatidylglycerol 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

$76.95

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.

$232.33

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.

$16.52 with Kaiser vs $174.25 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.52 ↓ -79%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $16.52 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $16.52 ↓ -79%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $16.69 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $17.02 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $17.02 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $17.35 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $17.56 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $17.68 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $17.84 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.84 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $18.01 ↓ -77%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $19.00 ↓ -75%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $19.00 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $19.82 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19.82 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Navigate $19.82 ↓ -74%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $24.78 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $24.78 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $29.95 ↓ -61%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $31.72 ↓ -59%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $32.71 ↓ -57%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $33.04 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $61.78 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $72.69 ↓ -6%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $100.39 ↑ +30%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $122.46 ↑ +59%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $167.28 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $174.25 ↑ +126%

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Assay phosphatidylglycerol at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $38.40 $8.59 – $30.49
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $38.40 $8.63 – $32.38
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $112.00 $16.52 – $59.47
Central Medical Center Seattle $73.60 $13.00 – $13.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $151.90 not published
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane $35.70 $16.52 – $70.51
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $72.80 $8.25 – $29.95
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $102.54 $16.52 – $209.10

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