Blood typing rbc ag non abo/rh ea at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$803.61
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.
$2,426.36
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.
$6.94 with Cigna vs $1,793.97 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $6.94 | ↓ -99% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $51.66 | ↓ -94% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $406.20 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $407.72 | ↓ -49% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $407.72 | ↓ -49% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $411.80 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $418.94 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $419.95 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $419.95 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $419.95 | ↓ -48% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $436.26 | ↓ -46% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $436.40 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $440.34 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $440.34 | ↓ -45% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $444.41 | ↓ -45% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $468.88 | ↓ -42% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $782.82 | ↓ -3% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $807.29 | ↑ +0% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $815.44 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $832.07 | ↑ +4% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $881.87 | ↑ +10% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $888.36 | ↑ +11% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $970.13 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $1,018.64 | ↑ +27% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,202.83 | ↑ +50% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $1,286.56 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $1,354.29 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,354.29 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,524.87 | ↑ +90% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,793.97 | ↑ +123% |
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Blood typing rbc ag non abo/rh ea at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $197.20 | $3.03 – $2,111.39 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $197.20 | $3.05 – $1,720.62 |
| Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center | Spokane | $208.53 | $15.36 – $439.38 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $58.10 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $51.36 | $7.47 – $1,332.03 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $266.70 | $8.22 – $1,020.28 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $51.36 | $7.47 – $1,289.52 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $51.36 | $7.47 – $1,332.03 |