Hba1/hba2 full gene sequence at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$521.64
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.
$1,575.00
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.
$600.00 with BCBS - Regence vs $2,640.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - Regence | Medicare|All Plans | $600.00 | ↑ +15% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $600.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $600.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $606.00 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $618.00 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $618.00 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $630.00 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $637.80 | ↑ +22% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $642.00 | ↑ +23% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $648.00 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $648.00 | ↑ +24% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $654.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $690.00 | ↑ +32% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $690.00 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $720.00 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $720.00 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $720.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $881.40 | ↑ +69% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $900.00 | ↑ +73% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $900.00 | ↑ +73% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $1,134.00 | ↑ +117% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $1,152.00 | ↑ +121% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,181.25 | ↑ +126% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $1,188.00 | ↑ +128% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $1,200.00 | ↑ +130% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $1,632.54 | ↑ +213% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $1,795.92 | ↑ +244% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $2,244.00 | ↑ +330% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,640.00 | ↑ +406% |
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Hba1/hba2 full gene sequence at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $432.40 | $285.49 – $1,013.50 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $432.40 | $286.92 – $1,176.00 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | $973.60 | $274.06 – $1,087.80 |
| MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital | Yakima | $356.80 | $599.76 – $1,098.00 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $695.13 | $600.00 – $1,417.50 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $480.94 | $600.00 – $1,417.50 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $479.04 | $600.00 – $1,188.00 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $432.40 | $280.33 – $1,176.00 |