Cftr gene known fam variants at St. Joseph Medical Center

1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$325.19

Cash price

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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.

$981.84

Gross charge

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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.

$97.22 with SoundPath vs $736.38 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $97.22 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $97.22 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $97.22 ↓ -70%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $98.19 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $100.14 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $100.14 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $102.08 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $103.34 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $104.03 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $105.00 ↓ -68%
United Medicare|All Plans $105.00 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $105.97 ↓ -67%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $111.80 ↓ -66%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $111.80 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Navigate $116.66 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $116.66 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $116.66 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $142.81 ↓ -56%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $145.83 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $145.83 ↓ -55%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $186.66 ↓ -43%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $192.50 ↓ -41%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $194.44 ↓ -40%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $264.53 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $291.00 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $363.60 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $427.77 ↑ +32%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $589.11 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $706.93 ↑ +117%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $736.38 ↑ +126%

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Cftr gene known fam variants at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $79.60 $30.61 – $111.80
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $79.60 $30.76 – $190.55
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $154.40 $29.39 – $176.26
St. Michael Medical Center Silverdale $433.34 $97.22 – $883.66
St. Anne Hospital Burien $299.82 $97.22 – $883.66
St. Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $298.63 $97.22 – $736.38
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn $79.60 $30.06 – $190.55
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $79.60 $30.75 – $190.55

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