Azathioprine parenteral at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$268.49
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.
$810.65
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.
$228.97 with United vs $1,141.89 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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| United | Commercial|Navigate | $228.97 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $228.97 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $228.97 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $239.25 | ↓ -11% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $239.25 | ↓ -11% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $239.94 | ↓ -11% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $239.94 | ↓ -11% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $254.99 | ↓ -5% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $254.99 | ↓ -5% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $257.54 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $262.64 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $262.64 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $262.64 | ↓ -2% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $272.84 | ↑ +2% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $275.39 | ↑ +3% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $275.39 | ↑ +3% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $277.94 | ↑ +4% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $293.24 | ↑ +9% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $297.50 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $385.88 | ↑ +44% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $483.34 | ↑ +80% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $498.28 | ↑ +86% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $504.88 | ↑ +88% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $509.98 | ↑ +90% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $555.66 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $578.82 | ↑ +116% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $713.32 | ↑ +166% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $784.66 | ↑ +192% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $970.60 | ↑ +262% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,141.89 | ↑ +325% |
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Azathioprine parenteral at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $59.15 – $1,870.45 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $59.44 – $1,101.11 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $561.90 | $239.25 – $629.10 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $561.90 | $239.25 – $471.30 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $561.90 | $239.25 – $629.10 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $561.90 | $254.76 – $490.06 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $532.22 | $203.95 – $535.64 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $357.78 | $478.49 – $1,049.50 |