Fancc gene at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$97.38
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.
$294.00
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.
$36.62 with SoundPath vs $220.50 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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| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $36.62 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $36.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $36.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $36.99 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $37.72 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $37.72 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $38.45 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $38.93 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $39.18 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $39.55 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $39.55 | ↓ -59% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $39.92 | ↓ -59% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $42.11 | ↓ -57% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $42.11 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $43.94 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $43.94 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $43.94 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $53.79 | ↓ -45% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $54.93 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $54.93 | ↓ -44% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $70.31 | ↓ -28% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $72.51 | ↓ -26% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $73.24 | ↓ -25% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $99.64 | ↑ +2% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $109.61 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $136.96 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $161.13 | ↑ +65% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $176.40 | ↑ +81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $211.68 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $220.50 | ↑ +126% |
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Fancc gene at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $64.00 | $30.61 – $108.67 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $64.00 | $30.76 – $71.78 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $114.40 | $23.00 – $23.00 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $129.76 | $36.62 – $264.60 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $89.78 | $36.62 – $264.60 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $89.42 | $36.62 – $220.50 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $64.00 | $30.06 – $71.78 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $64.00 | $30.75 – $71.78 |