Galectin-3 at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$61.56
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.
$185.85
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.
$44.25 with Kaiser vs $194.70 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 |
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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $44.25 | ↓ -28% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $44.25 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $44.25 | ↓ -28% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $44.69 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $45.58 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $45.58 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $46.46 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $47.04 | ↓ -24% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $47.35 | ↓ -23% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $47.79 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $47.79 | ↓ -22% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $48.23 | ↓ -22% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $50.89 | ↓ -17% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $50.89 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $53.10 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $53.10 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $53.10 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $65.00 | ↑ +6% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $66.38 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $66.38 | ↑ +8% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $84.96 | ↑ +38% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $87.61 | ↑ +42% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $88.50 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $133.82 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $139.39 | ↑ +126% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $162.99 | ↑ +165% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $165.50 | ↑ +169% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $194.70 | ↑ +216% |
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Galectin-3 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $49.60 | $44.25 – $50.89 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $49.60 | $43.37 – $86.73 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $181.92 | $39.83 – $207.98 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $181.92 | $39.83 – $201.34 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $181.92 | $39.83 – $207.98 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $198.40 | $34.00 – $34.00 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $181.92 | $44.25 – $199.13 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $129.50 | $44.25 – $81.86 |