Cytarabine liposome inj at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$4,918.16
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.
$14,849.60
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.
$525.94 with BCBS - Regence vs $11,137.20 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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| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $525.94 | ↓ -89% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $631.13 | ↓ -87% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,079.38 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $6,236.84 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $7,424.80 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,909.76 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $10,691.72 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11,137.20 | ↑ +126% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cytarabine liposome inj at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $1,249.63 – $6,605.79 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $460.20 – $4,359.60 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $6,553.85 | $525.94 – $13,364.64 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $4,534.41 | $525.94 – $13,364.64 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $4,516.49 | $525.94 – $11,137.20 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $5,247.32 | $81.42 – $13,364.64 |
| St. Francis Hospital | Federal Way | $4,660.15 | $525.94 – $11,137.20 |
| St. Clare Hospital | Lakewood | $4,280.27 | $525.94 – $11,137.20 |