Glucagon 1 mg solution for injection at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$1,155.88
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.
$3,490.00
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.
$184.18 with United vs $918.54 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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $184.18 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $184.18 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $184.18 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $188.37 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $188.37 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $189.46 | ↓ -84% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $189.46 | ↓ -84% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $217.79 | ↓ -81% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $221.92 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $221.92 | ↓ -81% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $224.14 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $228.58 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $228.58 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $228.58 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $237.45 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $239.67 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $239.67 | ↓ -79% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $241.89 | ↓ -79% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $255.21 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $400.82 | ↓ -65% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $431.42 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $436.25 | ↓ -62% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $439.40 | ↓ -62% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $443.84 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $570.67 | ↓ -51% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $627.74 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $628.20 | ↓ -46% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $654.38 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $780.76 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $918.54 | ↓ -21% |
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Glucagon 1 mg solution for injection at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $112.74 – $1,496.39 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | not published | $113.31 – $880.90 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $386.12 | $195.79 – $195.79 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $444.60 | $146.27 – $478.01 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $1,540.31 | $375.01 – $839.62 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $1,065.70 | $375.18 – $785.25 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $1,061.48 | $431.42 – $654.38 |
| St. Elizabeth Hospital | Enumclaw | $1,233.25 | $148.33 – $785.25 |