Dactinomycin 0.5 mg intravenous solution at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$1,100.09
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.
$3,321.55
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.
$324.80 with United vs $2,491.17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $324.80 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $324.80 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $324.80 | ↓ -70% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $343.35 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $343.35 | ↓ -69% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $346.78 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $353.65 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $353.65 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $353.65 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $367.38 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $370.82 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $370.82 | ↓ -66% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $374.25 | ↓ -66% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $394.85 | ↓ -64% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $397.51 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $397.51 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $668.90 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $668.90 | ↓ -39% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $679.83 | ↓ -38% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $686.70 | ↓ -38% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $706.83 | ↓ -36% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $757.98 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $1,376.84 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,619.82 | ↑ +47% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $1,639.50 | ↑ +49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,660.78 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $1,803.49 | ↑ +64% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $2,339.61 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $2,391.52 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,491.17 | ↑ +126% |
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Dactinomycin 0.5 mg intravenous solution at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $1,776.70 | $337.67 – $4,299.09 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $330.92 – $2,723.73 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $6,972.71 | $337.67 – $2,882.91 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $6,233.34 | $337.67 – $2,402.43 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $6,972.71 | $337.67 – $2,089.07 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $6,972.71 | $337.67 – $2,882.91 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,016.99 | $302.92 – $302.92 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $1,074.33 | $337.67 – $2,245.75 |