Cftr gene intron poly t at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$621.34
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.
$1,876.02
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.
$168.75 with SoundPath vs $1,407.02 with MultiPlan — 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $168.75 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $168.75 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $168.75 | ↓ -73% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $170.44 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $173.81 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $173.81 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $177.19 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $179.38 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $180.56 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $182.25 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $182.25 | ↓ -71% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $183.94 | ↓ -70% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $194.06 | ↓ -69% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $194.06 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $202.50 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $202.50 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $202.50 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $247.90 | ↓ -60% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $253.13 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $253.13 | ↓ -59% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $324.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $334.13 | ↓ -46% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $337.50 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $459.15 | ↓ -26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $505.10 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $631.13 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $742.50 | ↑ +19% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $1,125.62 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,350.74 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,407.02 | ↑ +126% |
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Cftr gene intron poly t at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $83.94 – $297.99 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $84.36 – $330.75 |
| Providence Mount Carmel Hospital | Colville | $105.00 | not published |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $827.98 | $168.75 – $1,688.42 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $572.86 | $168.75 – $1,688.42 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $570.59 | $168.75 – $1,407.02 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $662.92 | $168.75 – $1,688.42 |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | $256.02 | $118.13 – $527.46 |