Cyp2c19 gene com 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

$253.31

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.

$764.82

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.

$291.36 with BCBS - Regence vs $1,585.17 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.

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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
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $291.36 ↑ +15%
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $291.36 ↑ +15%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $291.36 ↑ +15%
Optum Medicare|All Plans $294.27 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $300.10 ↑ +18%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $300.10 ↑ +18%
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $305.93 ↑ +21%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $309.72 ↑ +22%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $311.76 ↑ +23%
United Medicare|All Plans $314.67 ↑ +24%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $314.67 ↑ +24%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $317.58 ↑ +25%
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $335.06 ↑ +32%
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $335.06 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|Navigate $349.63 ↑ +38%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $349.63 ↑ +38%
United Commercial|Cascade Care $349.63 ↑ +38%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $428.00 ↑ +69%
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $437.04 ↑ +73%
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $437.04 ↑ +73%
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $458.90 ↑ +81%
Aetna Commercial|Rental $550.68 ↑ +117%
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $559.41 ↑ +121%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $573.62 ↑ +126%
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $576.89 ↑ +128%
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $582.72 ↑ +130%
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $792.76 ↑ +213%
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $872.10 ↑ +244%
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,089.69 ↑ +330%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,281.98 ↑ +406%
Aetna Commercial|WEA $1,585.17 ↑ +526%

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Cyp2c19 gene com variants at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma $401.60 $83.94 – $335.06
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $401.60 $84.36 – $571.07
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $806.88 $262.22 – $885.15
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $806.88 $262.22 – $874.08
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $806.88 $262.22 – $646.82
Central Medical Center Seattle $906.40 $180.00 – $180.00
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $318.50 $291.36 – $539.02
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley $416.80 $80.58 – $528.24

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