Blm gene at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$47.86
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.
$144.48
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.
$39.31 with SoundPath vs $172.96 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↓ -18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $39.31 | ↓ -18% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $39.70 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $40.49 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $40.49 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $41.28 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $41.79 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $42.06 | ↓ -12% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $42.45 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $42.45 | ↓ -11% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $42.85 | ↓ -10% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $45.21 | ↓ -6% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $45.21 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $47.17 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $47.17 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.17 | ↓ -1% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $57.74 | ↑ +21% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $58.97 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $58.97 | ↑ +23% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $75.48 | ↑ +58% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $77.83 | ↑ +63% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $78.62 | ↑ +64% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $86.69 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $104.03 | ↑ +117% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $106.96 | ↑ +123% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $108.36 | ↑ +126% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $117.66 | ↑ +146% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $147.02 | ↑ +207% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $172.96 | ↑ +261% |
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Blm gene at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $69.20 | $30.61 – $108.67 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $69.20 | $30.76 – $77.05 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $108.96 | $35.38 – $119.42 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $108.96 | $35.38 – $117.93 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $108.96 | $35.38 – $87.27 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $121.60 | $24.00 – $24.00 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $108.96 | $39.31 – $157.24 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $63.77 | $39.31 – $130.04 |