Cell function assay w/stim at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$123.60
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.
$373.18
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.
$135.86 with Kaiser vs $1,006.89 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $135.86 | ↑ +10% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $135.86 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $135.86 | ↑ +10% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $137.22 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $139.94 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $139.94 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $142.65 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $144.42 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $145.37 | ↑ +18% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $146.73 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $146.73 | ↑ +19% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $148.09 | ↑ +20% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $156.24 | ↑ +26% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $156.24 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $163.03 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $163.03 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $163.03 | ↑ +32% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $203.79 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $203.79 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $246.39 | ↑ +99% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $260.85 | ↑ +111% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $268.69 | ↑ +117% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $269.00 | ↑ +118% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $271.72 | ↑ +120% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $279.89 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $508.12 | ↑ +311% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $597.78 | ↑ +384% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $825.53 | ↑ +568% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $1,006.89 | ↑ +715% |
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Cell function assay w/stim at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $314.40 | $21.40 – $156.24 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $314.40 | $21.51 – $266.29 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $521.76 | $122.27 – $638.54 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,215.20 | $135.86 – $489.10 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $521.76 | $122.27 – $618.16 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $521.76 | $122.27 – $638.54 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $242.90 | $135.86 – $251.34 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $600.00 | $20.55 – $246.31 |