Hla i typing high res 1 allele grp ea at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$215.46
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.
$650.53
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.
$169.90 with BCBS - Regence vs $747.56 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 | $169.90 | ↓ -21% |
| SoundPath | Medicare|All Plans | $169.90 | ↓ -21% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $169.90 | ↓ -21% |
| Optum | Medicare|All Plans | $171.60 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Premera | Medicare|All Plans | $175.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $175.00 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS - Regence | Commercial|All Plans | $178.40 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange | $180.60 | ↓ -16% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $181.79 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $183.49 | ↓ -15% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $183.49 | ↓ -15% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $185.19 | ↓ -14% |
| CHPW | Medicare|All Plans | $195.38 | ↓ -9% |
| Seattle Medical Group | Medicare|All Plans | $195.38 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $203.88 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $203.88 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Commercial|Cascade Care | $203.88 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $249.59 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS - Premera | Commercial|All Other Plans | $254.85 | ↑ +18% |
| Uniform Medical Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $254.85 | ↑ +18% |
| Molina | Commercial|Marketplace Exchange | $326.21 | ↑ +51% |
| Coordinated Care | Commercial|Ambetter Exchange | $336.40 | ↑ +56% |
| Sound Family Medicine | Commercial|All Plans | $339.80 | ↑ +58% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $390.32 | ↑ +81% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|HMO | $462.28 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $468.39 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $487.90 | ↑ +126% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|PPO | $508.54 | ↑ +136% |
| Aetna | Commercial|AWH | $635.43 | ↑ +195% |
| Aetna | Commercial|WEA | $700.98 | ↑ +225% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $747.56 | ↑ +247% |
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Hla i typing high res 1 allele grp ea at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $271.60 | $169.90 – $195.38 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $271.60 | $166.50 – $333.00 |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $357.12 | $152.91 – $516.16 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $357.12 | $152.91 – $509.70 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $357.12 | $152.91 – $377.18 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $528.80 | $105.00 – $105.00 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | Edmonds | $357.12 | $169.90 – $679.60 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | $146.30 | $169.90 – $314.32 |