External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$395.13
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.
$1,193.01
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.
$144.61 with Kaiser vs $923.72 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $144.61 | ↓ -63% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $144.61 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $144.61 | ↓ -63% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $146.06 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $148.95 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $148.95 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $151.84 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $153.72 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $154.73 | ↓ -61% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $156.18 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $156.18 | ↓ -60% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $157.62 | ↓ -60% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $166.30 | ↓ -58% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $166.30 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $173.53 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $173.53 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $173.53 | ↓ -56% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $216.92 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $216.92 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $226.05 | ↓ -43% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $277.65 | ↓ -30% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $286.33 | ↓ -28% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $289.22 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $540.84 | ↑ +37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $636.28 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $757.36 | ↑ +92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $780.88 | ↑ +98% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $813.42 | ↑ +106% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $923.72 | ↑ +134% |
Visitor-reported prices
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External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $303.20 | $30.61 – $166.30 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $303.20 | $30.76 – $283.44 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $638.40 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $684.96 | $130.15 – $679.67 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $1,463.70 | $144.61 – $520.60 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $684.96 | $130.15 – $657.98 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $684.96 | $130.15 – $679.67 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $1,103.20 | $390.00 – $390.00 |