Bcg vaccine percut at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$85.98
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.
$259.60
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.
$86.53 with Cigna vs $956.86 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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $86.53 | ↑ +1% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $122.87 | ↑ +43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $124.60 | ↑ +45% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $129.79 | ↑ +51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $956.86 | ↑ +1013% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Bcg vaccine percut at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $19.12 – $67.89 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $19.22 – $266.38 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $114.58 | $109.03 – $155.75 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $79.28 | $74.42 – $155.75 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $78.96 | $86.53 – $129.79 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $91.74 | $29.42 – $155.75 |
| St. Francis Hospital | Federal Way | $81.47 | $86.53 – $129.79 |
| St. Clare Hospital | Lakewood | $74.83 | $86.53 – $129.79 |